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=107566

There are no differences as this plug-in works with both 3.5 and 3.6 versions 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.

[teedizz]

Originally Posted by MPDev

What browser do you use? It's in the cookie settings area with whichever one you use.

Ok, I cleared all my cookies, made 2 accounts & still nothing happened. What file does this feed off of? Maybe i can post what that file looks like so you can look it over & see what may be casuing it not to work.

[emmanuel132]

this mod works for ever vbulletin correct 3.6.3? will it work for that?

[MPDev]

Yes, it works with 3.63.

[emmanuel132]

thank u mpdev good code

[Luigi^]

Hi,
I am trying translate the rows in Italian but when but the translation it stops to work, like never?

I replace:
$message = htmlspecialchars_uni($vbulletin->userinfo['username']) . " seems to have multiple personalities using $andids sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!";
with
$message = "$andids utilizzano lo stesso computer";

and

$subject = $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . " tripped AE detector";
with
$subject = $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . " multiaccount";

it don't work, why?
thanks and sorry forum my english

[Alfa1]

MDPev,

Please read this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=131425&page=3
You might find this interesting. Would it be an idea to merge these hacks or to expand the functionality of AE?

[coffee]

Installed!

Thank you, MPDev.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

MDPev,

Please read this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=131425&page=3
You might find this interesting. Would it be an idea to merge these hacks or to expand the functionality of AE?

It might be, but I don't have the bandwidth to do it myself.

[brvheart]

just installed on my 3.6.3 and now it works....

[EdQ]

Originally Posted by voteforbird

Is it possible this system has a bug that erroneously reports multiple logins? Today we had an automated report for two members who have been around for ages. One with 3500 posts and another with 7500. We're supposed to believe they used the same computer?

I just had two false alarms.

Both were Super Moderators. One is a personal friend. Who I know didn't logged into this users's PC. Which is a competitor's PC.