[Lionel]

No I just added it manually in global_bootstrap_init_start

PHP Code:

if( $vbulletin->userinfo['field10'] == '0') 
{ 
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET usergroupid = '8' WHERE userid = '" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "'"); 
} 


I ask them which version of vb they are using? but that's specific to my site

0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
and they all pick up 0
and for banned IP, once banned I insert IP in a custom table and at registration:
And I verify that IP at registration register_addmember_process

PHP Code:

$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 
$dateline = time(); 
$bannedip = array(); 
$bans = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT ip FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "bannedip"); 
WHILE($ban = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($bans)) 
{ 
$bannedip[] = $ban['ip']; 
} 
unset($ban); 
$vbulletin->db->free_result($bans); 
if(in_array($ip, $bannedip)) 


{//then your mod kicks off 


I stop 80 to 150 bots daily and sort of solve that plague