ProtoMan 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) I need your help, I have seen some suspicious forum using IPB and vBulletin but don't know how to check if the softwares they are using nulled or not. Also note that I came there as a guest or maybe a member so don't tell me to do something like "In the admin panel, there will be...." . Thank you very much. Edited December 29, 2006 by ProtoMan (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlhaslip 4 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Look at the very bottom of the Index page for the copyright notice and version number. The last legal free version of IPB is version 1.3 Final. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kubi 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Chances are if it's nulled it'll say "IPB v.xx.x Nulled by <name>". That'll tell you if it's nulled or not. Ofcourse, a monkey could remove that. Seeing as how the monkeys added it.1.3 is the only legal free version of IPB. If you know they didn't buy it, and they're using 2.1.7(recent) then it's nulled.Oh, btw. In the admin panel there would be a picture that says "Parental Advisory, Illegal Content", where the update section should be. . Have fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProtoMan 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Sorry but what if I don't know if they buy it or not, what should I do ? How about vBulletin ? Is there anyway to realize its nulled version ? Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 If you are seriously concerned with illegal copies of bulletin boards, you can report the domain(s) to the appropriate copyright owners.IPB used to offer online illegal copy report...and consequently I think you can send an email to vBulletin as well. They can, then, check with their database to see if a particular forum is valid or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRob 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Im not sure how you do it for VB but i know how to do it for IPB. First go to the websites forums so an example would be: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ next you need to put in this code after index.php ?ipscheck=1&key=ipscheck$1@@ so an example would be http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/?ipscheck=1&key=ipscheck@@ this will show you the client number etc if its nulled chances are it will say Nulled by........ to report the board you have to send an email to piracy@invisionpower.com they will then take it from there and thats all you have to do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProtoMan 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 I tried the code you told me but still showed the same site without any number or "Nulled by..." . What should I do next ? Also, their footer is not linked back to https://invisionpower.com/ Now I can say their URL is http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Please tell me if that IPB is nulled or not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRob 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Ok i tried both ipscheck's and they both dont work the two are ?ipscheck=1 ?ipscheck=1&key=ipscheck$1@@ so as thats not working the board has to be nulled or pirated. Would you like me to send them and email or do you want to? piracy@invisionpower.com oh i also found out about nulld Vbulliten boards if you suspect them just go ahead and report them http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Edited November 16, 2016 by OpaQue (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint_Michael 3 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Another way you can tell if the copyright has been stripped altogether, I seen a few versions of those boards run around. Although I haven't seen this in a IPB for awhile the hackers usually put a form of pop ads or other adware.But the only other way to tell is you see their ACP panel, usually you can tell if some of the board options give your errors. Especially mysql errors near the top of the site in raw code. But that was in the early 2.0.x boards since 2.1.x most ipb experts have been able to make the board look legit without anyone knowing it was ripped board. Of course another sure sign that hte board is ripped you can get updated board.Of course I have heard, most likely everyone else who has responded, that IPB had some sort of tracker programmed into the board and they know what boards are legal and which ones are not. They had it running for awhile but discontinued it from what I heard around the net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProtoMan 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Than how about an IPB forum's footer not linked back to Invision Power ? If that footer is not linked does that mean that copy of IPB is nulled ? For example please take a look at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ 's footer (The word Invision Power Board is not linked back to Invision Power like Xisto's). My friend told me that if not linked then that forum is 100% nulled but I am not sure if he was right or not. Please reply. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenSage 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I wouldn't say that's true I've seen nulled boards that leave the copyright. But they usually don't last long . But the only way to know for sure if it's a illegal copy or not is to report it and have invision or vb take a look at it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted June 2, 2008 -----Read Now!---- How Can I Realize Nulled Ipb And Vb ? If invision power board was removed then it means they could of paid for copyright removal. Also, they copyright check isn't meant to be viewed by normal members and is now passworded with a hash. -reply by David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted July 16, 2009 The anwser to the question How Can I Realize Nulled Ipb And Vb ? Dear to Needs help, The real anwser is That you cant know if they have bought copyright removal or not Only we can have that type of information. But a way to know is to Email Privacy@invisionpower.Com And we will check in our database... Is in our system... Topic ended. ~John Invisionpower.Com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDisturbedOne 1 Report post Posted July 18, 2009 Some of the nulled scrips might have a line hidden to guests and users saying "Nulled by ____". If you have FireBug, you might be able to see it in the HTML. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tremayne 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2009 i don't know how to find this out other than posting on the vb support / ipb support forums asking if the sites are legitimate. But i wanted to remind people that for a short time ipb released some free licenses of ipb 2.0.0.0 ( Which i have one of ) so if they have 2.0 or earlier chances are that it's legitimate.Anyone can remove the copyrights from a bb script it's super easy, i removed all the copyrights from ipb when i was 13... that was ver 1.3 or 1.5 can't quite remember. So it's entirely possible they bought the script and removed the link. Maybe even one of their add-ons has a piece of broken scrip that somehow negates the link in it? maybe it inserts a </url> somehwere or something....Ask on the official forum software support boards! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
