Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

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.

[Areku]

Will this hack work on areas where proxy or dynamic IP ISPs would still connect as users to the forums?

[DementedMindz]

i wouldnt see why it wouldnt as it still stores the cookie no matter what...

[lolo?]

very nice hack ^^ thanks a lot

[MetalAges]

Let me just say this plugin is already making my life much easier in weeding out trolls and troublemakers. I highly recommend this hack people!

[tommyxv]

This is not working for me at all. I had two member create another account and post. Not getting any PM's. They both did use a test acount that i have used before.

Any ideas?

[redlabour]

Will it work in the Future with vBulletin 3.6 ?

[DementedMindz]

redlabour im sure they will let us know you keep posting the same thing in every thread copy and paste works well huh?

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

redlabour im sure they will let us know you keep posting the same thing in every thread copy and paste works well huh?

I have to ask this for all Hacks i have installed if nobody else does and i think i am not the only one who wants to know this.

[artpapa]

Hi:
I install this because I know for sure that my forum has several multiple accounts .
But I don’t understand where and how I can see results…
Any screen shot examples?
You mentioned to edit “member.php”… what does that mean? Should I put “forums/member.php”? Or "www.mysite/forums/member.php”?
Thank you for your attention.

[DementedMindz]

Originally Posted by artpapa

Hi:
I install this because I know for sure that my forum has several multiple accounts .
But I don?t understand where and how I can see results?
Any screen shot examples?
You mentioned to edit ?member.php?? what does that mean? Should I put ?forums/member.php?? Or "www.mysite/forums/member.php??
Thank you for your attention.

where does it say to edit member.php? i dont see it at all... i just uploaded the product and edited the settings...