Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Multiple Account Registration Prevention

*Note* This requires the Multiple Account Login Detector (AE Detector) in order to function. Big thanks to MPDev for the AE Detector hack, I have used/modified his code for use in parts of this mod (with permission).

*Note 2* My forum's servers are driving me nuts right now, big load times, etc and I'm about to cut myself from waiting for a page to load - so I haven't thoroughly tested all the new goodies I've added. If you find that something doesn't work please let me know.

Description
When an user registers, this plugin checks for the cookie that the AE Detector sets, if it exists, then this plugin will move the user to a specified usergroup (default is to the (COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderation usergroup). This will now check the user's IP address upon registration, and if it matches any others, it will place them in the Multiple Account (MA) usergroup . Also you have the option to ban the new account if the old account was banned.

You can turn the new features on/off accordingly in the settings area.


Install / Upgrade
Download the attached XML file, and import it at
Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product

Remember to "Allow Overwrite" if you are upgrading.

Mod Info
1 - Query
3 - Phrases
2 - Plugins
0 - Template
0 - Template Edits


v1.0.2

• Fixed some major bugs that made the last release basically useless.

v1.0.1

• There is now an option prevent account registrations based on IP addresses.
• If a banned user attempts to create a new account, the new account will automatically be banned.
• Multiple account registrations will now send a PM or make a thread

v1.0.0

• Initial beta release

Please click "Install" if you have installed this mod! Thanks!

[richTV]

been using this add-on for a while and it's working fine under 3.6.8, tnx!

Because this add-on is connected with the AE Multiple Log-in detector, the threads for the Multiple Account Registration Prevention are placed in the same forum as the AE detector.

would it be possible to have an option in the Admin Panel to output the Multiple Account Registration Prevention in a different forum or subforum of my choosing?

TIA

[AngelBlue]

Could this be updated to exclude AOL users from IP checks? I'm getting quite a few false positives from them.

[mystic10]

This Is A Silly Question I Know But HOW Do I Check Which Id Had The Same Ip That Way I Can Check It..please Guide..THANKS IN ADVANCE..ITS AWESOME...I JUST LACK THE KNOWLEDGE OF USING IT PROPERLY SO SIR OR MAM IF U CAN HELP IT WOULD BE MOSTLY APPRECIATED

[rwoscott]

Originally Posted by aquariumpros

(BTW - with a few tiny modifications it works great)

What tiny mods did you make?

It appears that my new reg's aren't being auto banned.

[T4doom]

Very nice mod. I've been having allot of trouble with a certain user constantly ban evading using proxies. Thanks allot for this.

Oh, and for the record, I was the #1337 person to download this mod ^.^

[AngelBlue]

I was getting a lot of false positives from proxy.aol.com users who were registering on my forum, so I modded the code a bit.
The attached version of the code includes a new config option (defaulting to proxy.aol.com) which ignores IP matches from users registering with that hostname/domain. This is a good compromise if you're not comfortable asking AOL users to disable the proxy.

[Konstantinos]

Originally Posted by NeitherSparky

Thanks for replying. So what exactly isn't working properly, the 'move banned users to banned group' option? They're being put in the users awaiting moderation group instead, is that right?

same here

[pcoskat]

Any chance of getting this for 3.7 with one modification:

Instead of sending a PM, my preference would be to create a new thread in a designated forum. Possible?

Thanks!

[masterross]

hmmm
ok it detects cookies and IP
but users can just logout or user IE and FF for example
and what about users that came from proxies ?

[scan-pa]

The first half of this program: Multiple Account Login Detector (AE Detector) sets a special cookie that is not deleted on logout and is stored in another section of the PC then the normal cookies are. And the cool thing is this cookie does not get deleted when the user deletes all of the browser cookies, as it is outside the standard cookie folder location.

They can switch browsers all they want. makes no difference.

as for proxies, there is a mod on this site that prevents proxy site use, and allows AOL and dial up users to still gain access. There is also the 2 IP info and Proxy to IP mods that will help with that issue.

There are so many mods available for vB that will help you prevent over 99.5% of user dupe accounts it's not even funny.

Why these features are not standard along with a standard Admin selected Real First and Last name profile fields just kills me.

I have all of these security mods and more and they all work great.