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.

[MeMySelfNi]

I have caught several trolls since installing this.

[Mrdby]

Originally Posted by MeMySelfNi

I have caught several trolls since installing this.

lmao me too!!

[coffee]

Works great with vB 3.6.6 !

[Alphawolf83]

Originally Posted by coffee

Works great with vB 3.6.6 !

Stopped working here (3.6.6) for unknown reasons.. :erm:

//edit. It does work..

[coffee]

Now tested with 3.6.7_PL1 and works too.

[KHALIK]

XML Error: unknown at Line 0

I get this error message when trying add this plugin. What is the cause of this problem.

[tycity]

Installed - talk about ez to implement! Love it.

[mfyvie]

Just to give everyone some advanced warning: I've had permission from MPDev (developer of this mod), to overhaul and extend it. I've started this process and am testing it on my own system. When it is ready, I will release the "enhanced version".

I'm doing this because I get about 3-5 duplicate accounts per day and the workload with having to deal with this is too much.

Examples of new features being added is the ability to send "please explain" PMs to offenders who have been detected with multiple accounts. This cuts down on the amount of work someone has to do - they simply wait for the reply. Notification messages can also be appending to an existing thread (rather than a new thread started each time).

The changes will also mean that the mod will be fully phrased based and the notification messages themselves will contain more useful information as well as links to various handy functions (like ban).

I'm also looking at making it more database-based - in that each cookie will be assigned a unique serial number. This will bring many advantages - such as the ability to exempt a particular computer from the check, rather than having to exempt the users themselves.

Just wanted to let those of you who are interested know - so you can watch out for it when it is released. I can't give you a promise at this stage when that will be - maybe a couple of weeks.

[Doctor Death]

Thats great, I am glad you are running with it. Would like to have the output messages configurable if at all possible as well (e.g. the admin messages).

Thanks! Look forward to it.

[mfyvie]

Originally Posted by Doctor Death

Thats great, I am glad you are running with it. Would like to have the output messages configurable if at all possible as well (e.g. the admin messages).

Thanks! Look forward to it.

Yes, it will - as per the post above :

Originally Posted by mfyvie

mod will be fully phrased based