Preventing thread authors from increasing the view count of their own threads

[Shy]

I searched but couldn't find anything related here or on vbulletin.com forums.
I've decided to post here instead of possibly wasting time and be told this would require hacking and getting pointed here.

Preventing the thread view count from getting increased by the thread's starter is very useful, and I'd say fundamental to any forum. I was able to find simple mods for several other forum solutions, but not for vBulletin.
If anyone knows how to achieve this, I'd appreciate directions.
Thank you.