To make the notification display on a new window, edit the notification_list plugin accordingly:
Change:
PHP Code:
'link' => $linkdir . '/index.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . 'loc=../' . $vbulletin->config[Misc][modcpdir] . '/ars_report.php?do=open',
'order' => 11
To:
PHP Code:
'link' => $linkdir . '/index.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . 'loc=../' . $vbulletin->config[Misc][modcpdir] . '/ars_report.php?do=open' . ' " target=/"_new/" ' ,
'order' => 11