Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

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Same plug-in found here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=125871

There are no differences as this plug-in works with the 3.5, 3.6 or 3.7 releases of vBulletin.

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.

[newguy]

Originally Posted by enyem

Can i install the 3.7 in my Forum with Version 3.8.1 ???

Mine is working in 3.8.1

[diablo76]

is there any difference between the 1.03 addon for vb3.6 and the one for 3.7?

unfortunately i just installed the one for 3.6 in my 3.81!

[Makaveli007]

great mod, thanks

[drupy]

Great mod! Works with 3.8.1!
Nominated! Thank you!

I hope someone can help me with this question:
If this mod told me that user A and user B are the same person but I saw that they have different IP addresses and different ISPs (although both are located in the same city), how should I interpret this? Is A the same person as B?

Thank you.

[adnoid]

Originally Posted by enyem

Can i install the 3.7 in my Forum with Version 3.8.1 ???

Works fine for us!

[Raul7]

i tried this on 3.8.2 but doesnt seem to work ... anyone had any luck with 3.8.2 ... i checked my cookies it doesnt seem to add the extra cookie, the only one i see is VB cookie

[drupy]

I upgraded to 3.8.2 and it still works.

[Raul7]

Originally Posted by drupy

I upgraded to 3.8.2 and it still works.

mmmm
this is how i am testing
using IE
i loging to test 1
then log out
and log in to test 2

this should trigger it right?
it worked ONCE and then nothing ...

[drupy]

Originally Posted by Raul7

mmmm
this is how i am testing
using IE
i loging to test 1
then log out
and log in to test 2

this should trigger it right?
it worked ONCE and then nothing ...

It will work again a few days later if you test it again. You cannot test it twice on the same day.

[Raul7]

Originally Posted by drupy

It will work again a few days later if you test it again. You cannot test it twice on the same day.

do you know what the logic is? like how many days does it wait before it reports again ?