Internet Download Manager is a powerful download manager that promises to accelerate downloads by up to 500 percent.
In
addition, the application can also restart interrupted downloads and
integrate into a large number of browsers, including Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera.
Internet Download
Manager's interface is clean and well-organized, with large, stylish
buttons that facilitate the management of the files in process. It is a
great organizer too, as every single download can be moved into a
different folder, depending on its type. Plus, it has a rich settings
menu where you can change the way the program handles certain file
formats or the default download locations.
We tried the
quick update function too, which worked like a breeze and basically
updated the application with just a single click. It all came down to
choosing whether to update or not, and the whole job was done by the
integrated updater that automatically downloaded the new files and
installed them on the computer.
The application
encases all the features specific to a decent download manager,
including drag and drop support, a task scheduler, virus protection,
queue processor, HTTPS support, progressive downloading with quotas,
command line parameters, sounds, ZIP preview and proxy servers.
The
tests revealed that the CPU and memory footprint is minimal, but this
also depends on the download speed and the overall size of the file.
Internet
Download Manager is a must have application for many users out there.
It will prove itself essential for users who download large files on a
regular basis.
Here are some key features of "Internet Download Manager":
·
All popular browsers and applications are supported! Internet Download
Manager supports all versions of popular browsers, and can be integrated
into any 3rd party Internet applications.
· Download with one
click. When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take
over the download and accelerate it. IDM supports HTTP, FTP and HTTPS
protocols.
· Download Speed. Internet Download Manager can
accelerate downloads by up to 5 times due to its intelligent dynamic
file segmentation technology.
· Download Resume. Internet Download Manager will resume unfinished download from the place where they left off.
·
Simple installation wizard. Quick and easy installation program will
make necessary settings for you, and check your connection at the end to
ensure trouble free installation of Internet Download Manager
· Automatic Antivirus checking. Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and trojans.
·
Advanced Browser Integration. When enabled, the feature can be used to
catch any download from any application. None of download managers have
this feature.
· Built-in Scheduler. Internet Download Manager can
connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want,
disconnect, or shut down your computer when it's done.
· IDM supports many types of proxy servers. For example, IDM works with Microsoft ISA, and FTP proxy servers.
·
IDM supports main authentication protocols: Basic, Negotiate, NTLM, and
Keberos. Thus IDM can access many Internet and proxy servers using
login name and password.
· Download All feature. IDM can add all
downloads linked to the current page. It's easy to download multiple
files with this feature.
· Customizable Interface. You may choose the order, and what buttons and columns appear on the main IDM window.
·
Download Categories. Internet Download Manager can be used to organize
downloads automatically using defined download categories.
· Quick Update Feature. Quick update may check for new versions of IDM and update IDM once per week.
·
Download limits. Progressive downloading with quotas feature. The
feature is useful for connections that use some kind of fair access
policy (or FAP) like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.
· Drag and Drop. You may simply drag and drop links to IDM, and drag and drop complete files out of Internet Download Manager.
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IDM is multilingual. IDM is translated to Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian,
Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai languages.
Requirements:
· Microsoft Internet Explorer
· Netscape Navigator
· MSN Explorer
· AOL Explorer
· Opera
· Mozilla Firefox
· Mozilla Firebird
· Avant Browser
· MyIE
· Google Chrome
What's New in This Release:
· Redesigned video stream recognition for web players. Added support for new types of video streaming sites
· Added support for Filesonic changes
· Fixed bugs