vBulletin LTS

vB Spam Assassin
Mod Version: 4.2.205, by CvP

This product adds completely new level of Spam protection to your forum, just by one click you can clean the mess & delete all spam content posted by any Spammer (threads, posts, ..etc), human registration timer also prevents Spam registrations.

Project Sponsor: Steven Baron [ http://www.hostboard.com ]
Continuation of Add-on: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=2440236

Features:

• General Features:-
  • Fully Phrased.
  • Fully Automated.
  • Fully Supported.
  • Accurate Processing.
  • Professionally Coded.
  • Detailed Documentation.
  • Doesn't require any manual file edits.
  • Zero additional queries, only while executing process.
  • Depends on & uses default vBulletin techniques with full compatibility.
  • The product's code base is very solid/rich & has many possibilities to help in future development.
  • Email pre-verification feature, you can prevent registration until email verified first by the user.
  • Registration human verification process depends on ellapsed time through the registration (compared to random time period chosen from a range determined via AdminCP).
  • With just only one click, you can delete all traces of any spammer: select which data should be deleted (Post Data: Threads, Posts, Polls, Announcements and Subscriptions / Social Data: Social Groups, Picture Albums, Picture Comments and Visitor Messages / Calendar Data: Calendar Events, Calendar Moderation, Event Reminders and Event Subscriptions / Third Party Data: Any third party data related to this spammer in other software like Blogs & Others! / Delete/Ban User Account: Ban/Delete User Account, PMs, Sessions, Logs, Permissions, Relationships And Profile Assets & Traces) and optionaly (according to product's settings) Ban IP(s), Ban Email(s), Force Soft Deletion For Applicable Data Types, Send Email Notification To Spammer.)
  • Report actions to staff via private messages and/or new thread in specified forum.
  • Easy management of banned emails/IPs from AdminCP.
  
  
• Specific Features:-
  • Product Active
  • Registration Human Verification Countdown Timer Active
  • Registration Human Verification Minimum Wait Time Period (seconds)
  • Registration Human Verification Maximum Wait Time Period (seconds)
  • Disable Submit Button Until Wait Time Period Pass
  • Spam Notification: Staff Handler
  • Spam Notification: Notified Staff Members
  • Spam Notification Forum ID
  • Registration Spam Notification
  • Powerful Usergroup IDs
  • Include/Exclude Users
  • Included/Excluded Users IDs
  • Include/Exclude Usergroups
  • Included/Excluded Usergroups IDs
  • Banned Usergroup
  • Banned Usertitle
  • Ban Options (IP Address - Email)
  • Spam Registration Failure Action (Failure MSG - Failure Redirect)
  • Spam Registration Failure MSG
  • Spam Registration Failure Redirect
  • Email Pre-Verification: Active
  • Email Pre-Verification: Code Expiration

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload everything inside 'upload" folder to your vBulletin root.
2. Make sure you rename admincp (and/or modcp) folders to match yours if you have customized it.
3. Import product's XML file in "import" folder thru AdminCP > Manage Products > Add new product.
4. Go to: "vBulletin AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> PHPKD - vB Spam Assassin"
   Configure product's settings as you wish, add "Notification Staff Handler".

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Same as "Installation Procedure", but "Allow Overwrite" for both file uploads & product import.

Controls:

• vBulletin AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> PHPKD - vB Spam Assassin
• vBulletin AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Banned Email Addresses
• vBulletin AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Banned IP Addresses

History:

• v4.2.204 2014-11-28 : Feature release.
• v4.2.204 2014-12-02 : Small bug fix release.

Notes:

• This add-on is fully supported.
• Currently accepting feature requests.
• Any bug report is welcomed.