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.

[butty]

Originally Posted by Ghanem

Yes it is working fine with my VB3.6 Gold

cheers for the confirmation mate

[SCORPION1]

this is not working for me on vb3.6.0 i have tested and tested just not happening:hurt:

[HaMaDa4eVeR]

I tried all option (creat topic + send pm) and it did not work with me at all
my version is 3.5.4
thank you

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by SCORPION1

this is not working for me on vb3.6.0 i have tested and tested just not happening:hurt:

For me the same. :surprised:

[SCORPION1]

Originally Posted by HaMaDa4eVeR

I tried all option (creat topic + send pm) and it did not work with me at all
my version is 3.5.4
thank you

using forum posting you need to put the forumdisplay number in on what topic you would like ae dector to post a message in
example say you have newbies first shout click on that topic
the dislay number will be at the end where the url address is hope it helps

[armstrong]

I didn't test it directly, but it seems to be working for me on 3.6.0, since the system continues to send me reports of people tripping the multiple login detector.

[HaMaDa4eVeR]

Originally Posted by SCORPION1

using forum posting you need to put the forumdisplay number in on what topic you would like ae dector to post a message in
example say you have newbies first shout click on that topic
the dislay number will be at the end where the url address is hope it helps

sure I put forumid in setting section and I activate it.
BUT I dose not work with me
thanks

[RaZor Edge]

Seems to work for me too on 3.6.0 gold.

[Jon_Simmonds]

possible feature suggestion, could the ip address be displayed in the message as well? a few users are using open proxies to just browse one of my sites and dont make a post, could be usefull to find out which ips are used

[cyclical]

Originally Posted by RaZor Edge

Seems to work for me too on 3.6.0 gold.

im not so sure, it is reporting things for me as well, but.. I know the people for which its reporting and they don't know the others/have never shared computers.