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vBStealth 2.0 · **Released**: 01-06-2003

vBStealth 2.0
(by Martin64, martin64@vbhackers.com)

[about]

vBStealth is a hack that prevents trouble makers from spreading their stupidity at your board and it does that by hiding their threads, making their posts magically disappear and helping the world by ignoring their pityful private messages. These users are unaware that they are ignored; their threads and posts show up normally when they're viewing them - only admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests are able to see these. Mhuahahah!

vBStealth was initially based on Frank's "Secretly ban a user" hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=36205) but is much more advanced and is is taking the idea of putting users on ignore further. This hack makes the secretly banned users even more secret - they have been stealth banned! *LOL*, please forgive me for naming the hack that.

[what it does]

- Threads and posts before the user was banned will show up, but threads and posts after the user was banned will be hidden to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Hides threads in forumdisplay started by stealth users to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Hides posts in showthread by stealth users to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.
- Ignores private messages sent by stealth users.
- Gives the option for moderators to either set a regular ban or a stealth ban in the Mod CP.
- Moderators are able to unban stealth banned users in the Mod CP.
- Skips updating the count post, last poster name and date for stealth banned users in forumdisplay and forumhome.
- Hides stealth users threads and posts when searching to everyone but admins, mods, stealth banned users and guests.

[note]

Make sure to backup your files! I don't want to be held responsible if you lose your two hundred hacks installed.

[important!]

You MUST stealth ban your users from the Mod CP, just changing usergroup in the Admin CP won't add the neccessary timestamp. The same goes for unbanning stealth banned users, you MUST do that from the Mod CP as well for the same reason.
If you have upgraded, you MUST put the users back to the registered group and then stealth ban them, or it won't add the neccessary timestamp.

[credits]

SJR and Xenon, for helping with some code fixes

Frank for creating "Secretly ban a user" which inspired me to work on vBStealth.

[upgrading from 1.X]

Be sure to do what's listed under [important!] above! Also, although not needed, I recommend completely uninstalling 1.X versions before installing vBStealth 2.0, as the file changes have changed for many of the files. If you are to upgrade, be sure to run the query, and go through the file changes very carefully.

[change log]

2.0: Hack now uses timestamps: Threads and posts before the user was banned will show up, but threads and posts after the user was banned will be hidden to everyone but stealth banned users, admins and mods.
1.3: Undid the changes to showthread.php, as it could lead to suspicion among stealth banned users if they communicate (thanks WetWired for the heads up). Also, I changed the code changes to newreply.php, so that it'll work if you have the Store Hack by Lesane installed.
1.2: Small fixes to search.php and newreply.php. New file modified: newthread.php.
1.1: Added changes to search.php as suggested by TECK (thanks

), which hides stealth users threads and posts when searching.
1.0: First release, no changes dummy. :P

Merjawy · #52 01-11-2003, 11:24 AM

great hack , I installed it.. and one and the only mod who knows about it.. is about to pee in his pants hehehe he loves it and so do I...

but one banned user logged out and was browsing and that could alert him to the problem.. since someone asked I will not ask again about it

maybe the idea of adding all logged out to the ban group is a good one then again.. most my users log out till they feel like posting.. so they will see

confusing now.. maybe instead of the link is not a valid thread we make it say something else.. the poster chosen to not allow guests to view his post for example

what ya think?

also.. this not a request but is it posible to show some posts of the banned user? or nothing at all?

Thanks for a great hack it saved me alot of answers that I didn't want .. why did you delete my post? why did you delete me? etc. etc.

Merjawy · #53 01-11-2003, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NuclioN
Hm...is it an option to put the whole "Unregistered / Not Logged In" in the stealth ban usergroup, so nobody sees them if they logged in or logged out?

Thats not the point.. the point is he/she knows what he posted and it should be there but he/she doesn't see it when he/she logs out

so making all logged out stealth won't change nothing really

good try though

Merjawy · #54 01-11-2003, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WetWired
Good idea. I will discuss the possibility of using this with the rest of the staff.

I see one fundemental flaw in this: What if you get a group of trouble makers?
(example IM convo:)
TM1: Hey man, read this: http://www.yourforums.com/forums/sho...p?threadid=nnn he's gonna get all upset, it'll be so funny
TM2: It says invalid thread
TM1: Link works for me
TM2: Strange man, check this out: http://www.yourforums.com/forums/sho...p?threadid=nnn
TM1: It doesn't work. WTF is going on here?
TM2: Maybe our accounts are broken or something
TM1: Yeah, better make new ones.

I am a little ahead of you

new members get to test drive the Stealth as they register till we know they are ok then we graduate them !!!!

cheers

Merjawy · #55 01-11-2003, 11:37 AM

Oh by the way.. sorry for the many posts

but I have a little problem

I am runing 2.2.8 and at the last step in search.php I couldn't find the requested line

$postids AND $searchthreadquery thread.threadid=post.threadid

so I changed whatever was to change before that and saved it

any idea why I don't have that? or would that effect anything about stealth or otherwise?

Martin64 · #56 01-11-2003, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NuclioN
Hm...is it an option to put the whole "Unregistered / Not Logged In" in the stealth ban usergroup, so nobody sees them if they logged in or logged out?

Unregistered/logged out users won't see threads/posts by stealth banned users.

Quote:

Originally posted by WetWired
Good idea. I will discuss the possibility of using this with the rest of the staff.

I see one fundemental flaw in this: What if you get a group of trouble makers?
(example IM convo:)
TM1: Hey man, read this: http://www.yourforums.com/forums/sho...p?threadid=nnn he's gonna get all upset, it'll be so funny
TM2: It says invalid thread
TM1: Link works for me
TM2: Strange man, check this out: http://www.yourforums.com/forums/sho...p?threadid=nnn
TM1: It doesn't work. WTF is going on here?
TM2: Maybe our accounts are broken or something
TM1: Yeah, better make new ones.

Yes, that's a flaw but easy to solve when I come to think of it. Just skip doing the changes to showthread.php, as users can't find the threads by searching or through the forumdisplay anyway.

Quote:

Originally posted by Merjawy
Oh by the way.. sorry for the many posts

but I have a little problem

I am runing 2.2.8 and at the last step in search.php I couldn't find the requested line

$postids AND $searchthreadquery thread.threadid=post.threadid

so I changed whatever was to change before that and saved it

any idea why I don't have that? or would that effect anything about stealth or otherwise?

On an unhacked search.php you'll find that line below the following:

Code:

LEFT JOIN icon AS posticon ON post.iconid=posticon.iconid
    WHERE

I hope that helps.

Martin64 · #57 01-11-2003, 01:08 PM

New version released: vBStealth 1.3

CHANGELOG:

1.3: Undid the changes to showthread.php, as it could lead to suspicion among stealth banned users if they communicate (thanks WetWired for the heads up). Also, I changed the code changes to newreply.php, so that it'll work if you have the Store Hack by Lesane installed.

Merjawy · #58 01-11-2003, 02:57 PM

thnx for the help , I will check it out

as for the new release 1.3 I don't think it made it budd.. it says 1.3 but when downloaded its still 1.2

Oops... hehehe you are ahead this time.. after I posted I went back and theres the new file

thnx

Merjawy · #59 01-11-2003, 06:36 PM

oh by the way..

for thoes who use more than one style.. I think they should create the new template on all styles. don't they?

Martin64 · #60 01-12-2003, 10:29 AM

It was probably cache pulling your leg, as I didn't change the attachment after you posted about it.

You need to create the new template on all styles.

Merjawy · #61 01-14-2003, 11:10 PM

yeah I did

but now I am facing yet another problem

I have Mod in two groups and so are the S.Mods

males and females

now male Mods and S Mods can see stealth howeve the females can't see the originals but they see any replyes from other mods

I checked all settings unde groups and all the same
I just copied Moderators to ModeratorsF all settings the same

unless there are files accosicated with them hmmmmm

I just thought of that
I have a file called moderator.php, need I to copy it to moderatorF.php? and do the same with mod.php?

thnx

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