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.

[vampireus]

It would be great if it includes IPs at the time members login 2 or more accounts

[Karri]

Originally Posted by PHPGeek2k3

Have you tried downloading a fresh XML and re-importing it.

The current XML file available for download has this fix.

Thanks
- James

I am having the same problem. I have the current file installed and still get the "multiplelogin_alert" as the whole content of the post. Also should the product be version 1.02? Because the one available for download is version 1.01.

Redownloading and reinstalling the product seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks for the great hack.

[bashy]

Hi peeps

I really need this to be like the original you posted...that one showed a lot of info on who they are cloned with and so on, this plugin is about as much use as a banana in a cinigog lol

[VBUsers]

Originally Posted by bashy

Hi peeps

I really need this to be like the original you posted...that one showed a lot of info on who they are cloned with and so on, this plugin is about as much use as a banana in a cinigog lol

what were they? i might be interested as well.

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by EricR

The auto-generated threads are no longer created by the triggered user? I liked it better when they were Is there a way to change it back to the previous method? I want the threads to be generated by the person who triggered the event.

Originally Posted by lowandloudinc

why would you want that? lets say you have the threads created in your admin section if you respond to that thread wouldnt that member get an email with what you just posted on the situation? i know thats what happened to us.

its better the way it is now. in my opinion.

As of this attached file this is now a setting to have either the triggered user post the thread or the what is configured under AE Sender configuration option.



The attached file should fix the multiplelogin_alert being the content of the new thread alert.

As i have not be able to test as i dont have a board install that is active to be able to test this out

SO BE FORWARNED I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS.

The phrase is under global phrases for those who want to customize it.

Thanks
- James

ATTACHMENT REMOVED UPON REQUEST

[VBUsers]

where can i edit the no soup for you part of the thread?

[bashy]

Attached file?
Do ya mean the product?
Or did ya forget to upload the file

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by lowandloudinc

where can i edit the no soup for you part of the thread?

You can edit this by going to

AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Phrase Manager -> search in phrases -> enter the following with out "'s "multiplelogin_alert" and click on phrase variable name only

then click on edit that phrase


also you can edit the phrase in the XML file before importing

you can search for

<phrase name="multiplelogin_alert"><![CDATA[{1} seems to have multiple personalities using {2} sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!]]></phrase>

and edit

{1} seems to have multiple personalities using {2} sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!

the {1} and {2} are dynamic and added in the phrase which are the user name and multiple users that have been detected.

Thanks
- James

[PHPGeek2k3]

Originally Posted by bashy

Attached file?
Do ya mean the product?
Or did ya forget to upload the file

file should be in my post just a couple up from yours.

Thanks
- James

[bashy]

Have you just put that there i coulsnt see it for the life of me lol

Cheers m8

Originally Posted by PHPGeek2k3

file should be in my post just a couple up from yours.

Thanks
- James