Consequences Of Nulled vBulletin

[superezra]

Alright,
Well i have reported a few sites for using nulled versions of vBulletin because it's simple not fair that we have to pay for it, while they get theres for free.

My question is; What are the consequences that they will face?

[amjadz4]

their host will be contacted and the vb instance will be removed. at least thats what I heard.

[Alexey?]

Well you even can contact their hosts by your self and tell then that they are using a nulled vBulletin, and tell them that xxx site is using a nulled vB and that he should to check it or just wait until the vb.com will contact them

[Abhik]

how do you check if someone's using a nulled copy?

[Michael.A]

i know 50 of them and vb.com never did any thing so i stop reporting..
i well post all the link if its ok with vb.org to do so....
how i know i have all of the owners on aim and they are poor to pay for it...lol

[Alexey?]

There is a way like this:

go to their site and try to do an upgrade
like so
www.xxxxxsitexxxx.com/install/upgrade.php

and if you will have to enter the costumer id then the vB not nulled  and if it will go to the upgrade pages then the vbulletin is nulled.

[JamesC70]

Originally Posted by Alexey™

There is a way like this:

Which is why I remove all those once they've done their job. They're not necessary for day-to-day operations.

[James Birkett]

I just password protect the directory. I also password protect admincp, modcp and includes.

[Alexey?]

But, who ever uses a nulled vb don't know about it.
and this is a way i always found a nulled vb in my Country.