Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

If you are like me and migrated from .threads, a common modification was an "AE detector", a simple mod that saved a cookie of a history of ids logged into on your site. If someone logged into more than one account, you got a PM letting you know that your site was being accessed from multiple accounts.

Over the years this was very helpful in identifying users who were posting under multiple accounts (alter-egos!) and users who would return after being banned.

You might be wondering why I don't use the vbcookie call - well, thats because on logout all vB cookies are cleared, so we need to store a cookie that is not effected by the login/logout process.

New Installation
1. Add New Product with attached XML
2. Go to vBulletin Options -> AE Multiple Login Detection Settings and set your specific settings.

Time to install: Easy - 2 minutes.

Upgrade
If you installed this as a Plug-in manually, you can delete that plugin and install this Product, just make sure to go into the Options and set them accordingly.

I hope you find this useful and will click INSTALL if you use it; should it prove useful to enough people I can look at making this installation more automated without the need for edits and an Admin Options page.

To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.0.3
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. Added a check to ensure that users weren't deleted when reporting violations
. added htmlspecialchars_uni call to username

Note: I am unable to get the call to construct_phrase with $vbphrase['multiplelogin_alert'] to work reliably, as such the $message variable is still set manually inside the plug-in and not via the phrase. If anyone has an idea of why this might not always work, I'm all ears.

1.0.2
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. Updated to include exclusion groups, users
. Changed so PM is sent by ae sender id

1.0.1
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. Released as a Product (thank you PHPGeek2k3 for your help)
. Added option to post to a forum versus send a PM (or both)
. All settings moved into Admin Option

1.0.0
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Initial release.

[EdQ]

Thats what I did. I only get the PM. The userID is an Admin.

[vau7]

Originally Posted by EdQ

Thats what I did. I only get the PM. The userID is an Admin.

Same for me. I just got a Pm for 1 Time.
And i've tested it a few time (from other Computers) without any messages.

[Paul M]

You probably have other mods installed that intefere with the standard thread creation process.

[NeutralizeR]

Is it possible to auto-ban the users detected by AE Detector?

[johnrizz]

Thanks! ***install***

[MetalAges]

Installed! I have a huge user base and a lot of issues with banned users returning, so this will be quite helpful. Also issues with multiple account creation. Thanks!

[Tapiocapioca]

After i reinstall this plugin recive this error if i login!!

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/spazio/public_html/community/includes/functions_login.php(168) : eval()'d code
Linea: 51

Help Me!!

[chikkoo]

Hi..

I installed this Mod and working fine in my forum.
But when I send warning for the members whom I found through AE Detector claim they are not having multiple accounts.

[DementedMindz]

check the ips on the accounts and you will see... if they set it off then they did make more then one account

[Steve123]

I had the problem where it was not posting the threads, after much trouble shooting i have found this hack to be the problem..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018

Uninstall this and it works fine.. i didnt have time to find out why it was causing the problem.