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vBStealth 2.0
Version: 1.00, by Martin64 Martin64 is offline
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vBStealth 2.0
(by Martin64, martin64@vbhackers.com)

[about]

vBStealth is a hack that prevents trouble makers from spreading their stupidity at your board and it does that by hiding their threads, making their posts magically disappear and helping the world by ignoring their pityful private messages. These users are unaware that they are ignored; their threads and posts show up normally when they're viewing them - only admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests are able to see these. Mhuahahah!

vBStealth was initially based on Frank's "Secretly ban a user" hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=36205) but is much more advanced and is is taking the idea of putting users on ignore further. This hack makes the secretly banned users even more secret - they have been stealth banned! *LOL*, please forgive me for naming the hack that.

[what it does]

- Threads and posts before the user was banned will show up, but threads and posts after the user was banned will be hidden to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Hides threads in forumdisplay started by stealth users to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Hides posts in showthread by stealth users to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Ignores private messages sent by stealth users.
- Gives the option for moderators to either set a regular ban or a stealth ban in the Mod CP.
- Moderators are able to unban stealth banned users in the Mod CP.
- Skips updating the count post, last poster name and date for stealth banned users in forumdisplay and forumhome.
- Hides stealth users threads and posts when searching to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.

[note]

Make sure to backup your files! I don't want to be held responsible if you lose your two hundred hacks installed.

[important!]

You MUST stealth ban your users from the Mod CP, just changing usergroup in the Admin CP won't add the neccessary timestamp. The same goes for unbanning stealth banned users, you MUST do that from the Mod CP as well for the same reason.
If you have upgraded, you MUST put the users back to the registered group and then stealth ban them, or it won't add the neccessary timestamp.

[credits]

SJR and Xenon, for helping with some code fixes
Frank for creating "Secretly ban a user" which inspired me to work on vBStealth.

[upgrading from 1.X]

Be sure to do what's listed under [important!] above! Also, although not needed, I recommend completely uninstalling 1.X versions before installing vBStealth 2.0, as the file changes have changed for many of the files. If you are to upgrade, be sure to run the query, and go through the file changes very carefully.

[change log]

2.0: Hack now uses timestamps: Threads and posts before the user was banned will show up, but threads and posts after the user was banned will be hidden to everyone but stealth banned users, admins and mods.
1.3: Undid the changes to showthread.php, as it could lead to suspicion among stealth banned users if they communicate (thanks WetWired for the heads up). Also, I changed the code changes to newreply.php, so that it'll work if you have the Store Hack by Lesane installed.
1.2: Small fixes to search.php and newreply.php. New file modified: newthread.php.
1.1: Added changes to search.php as suggested by TECK (thanks ), which hides stealth users threads and posts when searching.
1.0: First release, no changes dummy. :P

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  #112  
Old 07-28-2003, 10:39 PM
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Hey I've got a quick question before I go through the install. When and if I decide to unban someone. does the extra text "this user is banned" disappear or will that now be visable to everyone.
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Old 08-01-2003, 08:55 PM
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me too, before install this... does that text visible to banned user? I guest not, just double check...
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Old 08-01-2003, 09:21 PM
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You mean the user title? The user title does not change, as the user is not banned through a standard banning system, but instead through file hacks.
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Old 08-15-2003, 09:16 PM
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Thank you for this awesome hack Martin64!

Stealth posts are perfectly hidden except the stealth's "Last post by" name in forumhome and forumdisplay remain visible to everyone including registered members.

I have read this thread and checked all files and they seem ok? My "registered" user group is 2 and I am running vB 2.2.9...any suggestions other than upgrading vB
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Old 08-15-2003, 11:10 PM
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Sorry guess I should revert back to vB 2.2.8 unless this is not my problem
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Old 09-06-2003, 11:42 AM
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hi Friends i have a big Problem :cry:

...each Time i have a Problem with a registered User , if I kick everybody User from my Board he is change in stealt banned User ????? and not in Guest.

and here is my Header Problem

Quote:
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/board/admin/functions.php on line 117

Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/board/admin/functions.php on line 121

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/board/admin/functions.php on line 132

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/board/admin/functions.php on line 135

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/board/admin/functions.php on line 161
its verry important for me, please help me
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Old 09-09-2003, 05:44 AM
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How can I make it so only stealth banned users and guests see stealth banned users' posts?
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Old 09-12-2003, 02:58 AM
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uh.... someone?
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Old 10-17-2003, 03:41 AM
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Hi, someone loggt in into my forums this night and posted something out of our internal forums, which are not viewable to the public into other forums.

He claimed that he could do that because of AntiStealth, the thread dealed about this hack and not to tell the users about :
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The above message was part of a discussion in the internal Forum and was written by dbode the forum administrator i guess.
Many thx to "AntiStealth" who gaved me this precious information which i am sure everybody wants 2 be informed about.
So IS there a security risk with this thread ?
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Old 10-22-2003, 05:16 AM
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It seems like that was my fault, I set the permissions wrong :-/

--> There is some other thing witch might be cool : The post count of the stealth banned user remains at the value when you apply the stealth mod on him. So I think this might be something where the stealth banned user might see, that he´s stealth banned.
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