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.

[glennybee]

Thanks goddess_dix.

[goddess_dix]

Originally Posted by Boofo

But it was nice to see the hack work finally. I had my doubts.

i'd been running it on 3.68 and had it trip several times. i turned off ip dupt identification, because i was getting false positives from aol members and the like. but i've also had it identify people who had more than one account and got rid of a spammer trying to reregister thusfar. it's worked very well for me, and i do feel better knowing there's not as good a chance that banned users will be able to fly in under the radar with a new account.

[v12kid]

installed, thanks!

[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! (This is probably my all-time favorite mod)

[scan-pa]

Originally Posted by 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! (This is probably my all-time favorite mod)

Did you look in the vbulletin options menu under:

AE Multiple Login Detection Settings

it can be PM or new thread in a selectable forum.

[Kadi]

Member1 seems to have multiple personalities using Member2 and Member1 sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!

How do I edit this msg? The title too?

Thanks.

[scan-pa]

Did you try looking in the phrase manager?

[Makc666]

Originally Posted by Kadi

How do I edit this msg? The title too?

Member1 seems to have multiple personalities using Member2 and Member1 sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by scan-pa

Did you try looking in the phrase manager?

This phares are hardcoded in the products code (file).
Open the products file and edit there and after reinstall the product.
Or edit this one via "Plugin Manager".

[styleforum]

So... how about that "new version" of this that was supposedly being tested?

Mainly, I'd just like to be able to have it add replies to a certain thread rather than make a new thread every time it trips. This would keep my PM box a lot cleaner and allow other mods to see the messages as well.

[scan-pa]

Originally Posted by styleforum

So... how about that "new version" of this that was supposedly being tested?

Mainly, I'd just like to be able to have it add replies to a certain thread rather than make a new thread every time it trips. This would keep my PM box a lot cleaner and allow other mods to see the messages as well.

This option is already available.

go to your admin CP

click on vB options

Find this hack and click on it.

you will see an option for PM's or to post a new thread in any forum you select.