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.

[clearchannel]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

This is working intermittently for me, anyone else having this problem? Also, is there any known conflict with any other mods?

Thanks

I'm having the same problem. I have it installed in 3.6 it works the first time a member logs in multiple time(s) (me) but not the second time I log in using different usernames.

It does work extermently well in 3.5X so I know it does work, it may just be a problem with 3.6

I have installed the moderate pm hack, I will remove that hack and check it out further.

thanks

[MPDev]

It would only report additional login attempted if a new id is added to the array of ids that have been stored for an account... So, a cookie says you logged into "a"; then you login to "b", so it trips the detection, but logging into a or b again will not trip it again until you login to "c" which shows a new account access and trips itself.

When I get a chance to mess around with 3.6, we'll see about new features.

[Snake]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Thanks for this. But how do I edit the PM title "[username] tripped AE detector" and the content of the message?

Anyone?

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Anyone?

Plugin & Products System > Plugin Manager > AE Detector: Login checker login_verify_success

[Snake]

Thank you very much!

[Alfa1]

I have installed this hack and have been waiting for PM's alerting me to double accounts, but nothing happens. I have found out that there have been a lot of double accounts created in the last week. (found this by IP searching)
I am running vb 3.5.4 and AED 1.3.

I have no clue what's wrong. Help please.

[Darat]

Remember a shared IP address does not (necessarily) mean a shared PC. Have you tried testing it yourself? Make a new account, log out of your current account, log back in with the new account details and then see if a warning is generated.

[HBC]

It doesn't work that way..

It catches people using the SAME COMPUTER, NOT IP for multiple accounts.

[Alfa1]

I just made a second account for myself(i disabled the ignore function for all usergroups). But I have not received a PM.

[SCORPION1]

i have installed and is working great question is what and where are theses cookies stored on a memebers computer and can these cookies be deleted