Inaccurate "View" Counts

Since around August, I've noticed the "Views" counter for attachments occasionally jumps way up higher than what it should be. It still counts Downloads/Views as they happen, but the number itself is incorrect. It doesn't always happen for every attachment.

For example (my recent uploads);
- FPA+ jumped from 3 downloads to 338 overnight, but it is now counting each download when it happens (now at "342"). It just jumped up at one point for some reason.
- GotR Preload Fixes has also had the same issue (albeit on a smaller scale).
- In contrast, my ReShade preset has not had this issue.

I've noticed it with other Post's attachments as well, including images.

Upon researching the issue happening with other XenForo sites, I found this add-on which might be of use.

@MegaFreeman @mrsaintsgodzilla21 @Singa
 
the answer is most likely web crawlers
That does make sense (after looking into it). But it doesn't necessarily explain why; 1. This didn't used to happen at all. 2. Why the FPA+ download link was indexed 300+ times.
or even the Wayback Machine! hopefully...
I'm not sure that would help because I'm looking for current and accurate download counts. (Not that numbers really matter. But still...)
 
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