Sudden Spike in zPlayer Downloads — Any Idea Why?

[CYCho]

Hi everyone,

I’ve noticed something unusual with my zPlayer files I uploaded in the Downloads section of this forum. Normally, it used to get 1–10 downloads per day, but starting November 11 afternoon, the numbers skyrocketed — over 200 downloads on each of November 12 and 13, and still maintaining that surge.

I’m curious if anyone knows what might have triggered this surge. Was it mentioned somewhere, linked in a tutorial, or picked up by a bot? If you’ve seen anything similar or have any ideas, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks in advance!

C Y Cho

Edited 18 hours ago by CYCho

[Nine]

It was mentioned here how AI bots are intensively hitting the site.  I suppose they also grab all the codes they can take...

[CYCho]

The bot activity seemingly stopped after about 700 downloads. I'm curious why a bot would need 700 copies. If multiple bots were involved, how could they have coordinated such a precise schedule?