So What Are You Viewing When You Log On To MT

[donetao]

Hi! Always curious! What are you viewing when you log on to MT. Very late at night I see 500+ guests. Don't know how you tell what they are viewing. There usually isn't that much going on late at night! I usually click what's new, but not a lot interests me as I'm not looking for security changes. I have all the security I'm familiar and comfortable with. My PC is clean of malware, but I do like to watch our malware team in action. I really wonder what all those guests are viewing. Are they the same guest every night or are they new and just surfing and looking for freebies??? It would be cool if I knew what they were viewing and how long they stayed.

 

[Oxygen]

Spam Bots

 

[Cain]

Sorry, that was me. Sometimes I like to open about 600 separate browser sessions and play reload-race

EDIT: Jokes! (my internet is probably going to drop out for that comment )

 

[donetao]

HI! I know I can click on a members name and see what they are watching, but I'm interested in what MT visitors are watching. They are the ones we have to convince to join our community, so we can reach our goal of 50,000 members!

 

[jamescv7]

Surely guest mostly view on the giveaway area and the rest are the topics that was hot right now for discussion.

 

[donetao]

OK! I just think it would help a lot to know what our guests are viewing and not have to guess what their viewing. I'm sure a lot are interested in the give away area. There are 600 guess right now. I really don't see that many hot topics. I see MT members are visiting the forum list.
Not much going on there. Other forums show the forum sections that are being viewed and how many are viewing in each section. That's all I'm trying to say. The guest are here for some reason and that's a good thing.

 

[donetao]

Hi! I click on What's New and Recent Posts! That pretty much brings me up to date of what's going on.
I usually have several alerts to click on. Last count I had 55 alerts today. They take a lot of my time on the forum!

 

[Ink]

Anything and everything. This should be helpful, http://malwaretips.com/online/

 

[Cain]

I would guess that they arrive after searching information on malware, drivers, Windows and application files. I have seen MT threads come up many times within the first few organic results of searches I have done on random files and drives that are unfamiliar to me.

 

[Neno]

This is my viewing habit :

Hot Deals and Discounts
All Software Discussions
War Room
The Community Video Reviews

not so often:

Troubleshooting Software - Questions and Help!
Troubleshooting Hardware - Questions and Help!
Security Software - Updates, Debates and Questions
Artists Corner

 

[donetao]

Hi! Thanks @Huracan That's the link I was looking for. How do I find it??

 

[donetao]

Hi! I viewed what the guest are viewing and they are all over the place, so I'm thinking they get their answers from members that have registered and had their issue solved. So they don't need to register. How can we get to 50,000 that way. Come on guest if you read this, register on MT and become a regular on MT

 

[Oxygen]

Hi! I viewed what the guest are viewing and they are all over the place, so I'm thinking they get their answers from members that have registered and had their issue solved. So they don't need to register. How can we get to 50,000 that way. Come on guest if you read this, register on MT and become a regular on MT

We could set a limit on how many threads they can view. They would then need to create an account here, but staying active is up to them. I see most of them viewing the giveaway section, I suggest we set a postcount limit of 150.


MalwareTips already has a great amount of good members, but it's always great to see more new members.

 

[Ink]

We could set a limit on how many threads they can view. They would then need to create an account here, but staying active is up to them. I see most of them viewing the giveaway section, I suggest we set a postcount limit of 150.

I don't think that would ever happen here. I have seen forums that have restricted access to certain boards, or blocks you after x number of visits. I never re-visited those sites.

 

[Cain]

I don't think that would ever happen here. I have seen forums that have restricted access to certain boards, or blocks you after x number of visits. I never re-visited those sites.

Good point. It doesn't seem very welcoming.

 

[ElectricSheep]

I'm generally a lurker, lol!
I'll look at whatever catches my interest or search for something specific - I'm pretty random like that!
To be honest, I couldn't care less about the giveaways, that's not why I signed up to here. I signed up as needed some assistance in cleaning remnants of a malware infection, and stayed as I've learnt a great deal about security practices via this forum.
Oh, and you're a friendly bunch too! You guys may have seen me pop up here and there, I'm just not that chatty

 

[donetao]

Hi! I think there are several like you @ElectricSheep
I'm the author of this thread. Thanks for your reply! I have been accused of being to friendly, to windy and to old on several forums, but so far they are putting up with me here on MT. I think they just feel sorry for me as I seem to be the oldest member here on MT.
This is basically a security forum, but we have other good stuff here also.
Good people and very friendly here on MT

 

[Anupam]

I generally read whatever is coming under "Mini Spy" ( except malware submissions and in case I feel the topic would be boring ).

 

[donetao]

I generally read whatever is coming under "Mini Spy" ( except malware submissions and in case I feel the topic would be boring ).

I love the malware submissions.
TwinHeaded Eagal is my hero!

 

[rocky]

I visit quite alot without signing in. I don't post alot and don't do facebook or anything so the giveaways aren't of real interest. Mostly just log on to give a like once in awhile.