Anti-Spam Options - One Touch Ban & Clean-up

One Touch Ban & Clean-up
(Best wishes to mfyvie's family)


This is, at it's core, just a port of this mod. But I may add new features later on.

The main purpose of this mod is to clean up after a spammer. With a minimum of fuss it will:

• Delete all threads started by the spammer
• Delete all posts made by the spammer
• Delete all PMs sent to other members by the spammer
• Delete all calendar events made by the spammer
• Ban or delete the spammer as you like
• Ignore permissions - posts can be deleted in areas that a moderator may not have access to.

The option to activate this tool appears in the drop-down menu in the postbit, as well as on the profile page. From here it is a "one-touch" operation, with the small exception that you must press a confirmation button before the cleanup is made.


See the screenshot for the various options, but some of the more interesting ones are:

• You can specify individual users (in addition to groups) who can use this tool. This means certain trusted, non-moderator users could have the ability to clean up spam and ban spammers.
• You can specify users or groups who are protected - they cannot be deleted by this tool.
• By default, users who have registered more than 30 days ago are also protected from this tool (spammers tend to be caught and removed fairly soon after registration)
• You can turn the various deletion targets (threads, posts, events, PMs) on or off
• Select between hard delete or soft delete

This mod is similar to some older mods, but improved in a number of ways:

• You also have the choice to alter the standard ban and delete reasons before you press confirm.
• Deletes more types of spam (PMs, events)
• Simple, quick, effective
• Single file import (.xml) no file edits, no template edits, no .php files to upload
• Should work on all versions of 3.6.x and future versions

Installation

Download and import the .xml file via AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product. Remember to click overwrite if upgrading

Configuration

Once installed, check in your AdminCP under "VBulletin settings" and look for the configuration group called "One-touch Spam Ban & Cleanup Options". The default options should be fine for most people.

How to use

If you have rights to use this tool (i.e. are an admin or moderator, or have configured it for the relevant user or group ID) you should see the option appear in a drop-down on the postbit (see attached screenshots for an example). The idea is that as soon as you see a spammer select the "One-touch Ban & Clean" option to remove all trace of the spammer.

[cgripp]

Works Great on 4.19. Thanks!

[ninjadawg]

Excellent mod however, is there a possibility of getting the mod to auto post to your infraction forum? This would be a great addition to the mod and I will re-install the mod then.

thank you for your consideration.

ND

[DDKennels]

Installed and working on 4.1.9

THANKS!!!!

[spencerp]

Seems to work on 4.1.10, but there was some conflicts with an anti-spam plugin before though, I forget which one off-hand. Also, there's a small display issue in drop menu when clicking user's name in thread. The little "person icon" is above the text for "One Touch Ban & Cleaner".. beside that, it seems to work pretty good.. xD

[bremereric]

Works good for me. Marked as installed.

[lazytown]

I've started getting blog spam. Does this take care of that too?

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by vissa

I've started getting blog spam. Does this take care of that too?

If you go to the blog spam and click on the username it should bring up the option. If you get one try it for us and see if it delete the blog as spam.

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by ninjadawg

Excellent mod however, is there a possibility of getting the mod to auto post to your infraction forum? This would be a great addition to the mod and I will re-install the mod then.

thank you for your consideration.

ND

This isn't a spam catcher. It's just a spam cleaner. I have user infractions and reported posts going to a sub-forum called trash bin. That option is in your admin cp.

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by Videx

I swear I can't find it on anyone's profile page. That would be handy.

Originally Posted by venom2124

Yeah that would be great instead of waiting to a spammer to post something.

I read through his entire offering and no where could I find that it is susposed to appear in a user's profile.

"If you have rights to use this tool (i.e. are an admin or moderator, or have configured it for the relevant user or group ID) you should see the option appear in a drop-down on the postbit"

[Videx]

Originally Posted by bremereric

I read through his entire offering and no where could I find that it is susposed to appear in a user's profile.

You sure didn't look very hard then. Like maybe in the first post?

The option to activate this tool appears in the drop-down menu in the postbit, as well as on the profile page.

Fact is, forcing us to wait until the spammer posts is kind of useless since vb4 already offers to remove all their posts if they do that. Really, that only means you're getting the added functionality of deleting their already-sent PMs with this mod. But none of our modern spammers have sent PMs anyway. A much larger problem today is the blog posts, CMS articles, and profile links - of which they could make thousands and you'll still have to deal with it manually.