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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 16, 2005
- Total Downloads: 62,625,466
- Downloads last week: 189,241
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1658 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This download manager brings much more to the table than fast file transfers, but it definitely delivers those, too. Upon installation, Download Accelerator Plus asks for your e-mail address in hopes of sending you special offers, but you don't actually need to submit any information. Although the program is free, the trade-off is the "information panel" that displays software advertisements in the right portion of the interface. Luckily, it's easy to get used to. In most other respects, the tabbed main window is straightforward to use and navigate. Download Accelerator Plus also installs a handy toolbar in Internet Explorer and integrates with alternate browsers such as Firefox.
Increased download speeds are the program's bread and butter, and it doesn't disappoint, speeding up downloads by almost 200 percent in most cases. Besides using the common tactic of splitting files into smaller pieces, it automatically seeks faster mirrors. It also can get a file simultaneously from several sites, which is useful if a particular site limits the download speed. Other useful tools include the ability to resume interrupted downloads, log on to protected sites, and schedule downloads at low traffic times for faster downloading. We appreciate the extra tools for organizing media and finding games, as well as the basic yet functional FTP client. We also found a very interesting feature (only in the pay version, however) that allows you to resume all downloads, whether a server supports it or not. All things considered, this feature-rich program will prove valuable for most avid downloaders.
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Publisher's description
From SpeedBit :Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is the leading download manager with more than 100 million registered users worldwide, on broadband, and dial-up connections.
DAP leverages patented technology and focuses on user needs and ease of use with rich features including: multiconnections for optimal download from most responsive servers, higher download reliability, auto-recovery from shutdowns, lost connections and errors, a unique AlwaysResume service, scheduling, and auto hang-up. DAP integrates with a variety of browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape and is available in 10 languages.
DAP is 100 percent spyware free, and enjoys industry-wide recognition by leading antispyware vendors including: Ad-Aware SE, ComputerAssociates-eTrust PestPatrol, PCTools-SpywareDoctor, and McAfee.
Version 7.4 features a files filter and a history manager.
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User reviews of Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 1658 votes
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11 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
"this program is ok for some time"
Pros: i have used it and it is ture that it makes downloads fater but....
Cons: it stoped working after a week i tryed to re-install but still nothing. and then i could not download ANYTHING
security is ok
no spyware
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
Pros: Some people say that the security in this is bad, but I scanned with ad-aware and found NO spyware! This program makes your downloads extremetly faster and is very very cool!
Cons: None!
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
"Ugh every new version gets worse"
Pros: This product used to work nicely and the banner ads in the client were bearable.
Cons: This latest version is bloatware. Trying to install this thing cut my whole Internet connection out as it tries to pre-configure itself with your firewall. In addition it does install adware!!! Don't bother with this as you can get the same thing for free from sourceforge, its called truedownloader.
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
Pros: It does what it says it does.
Cons: Hoever, I found that when I had a simple error, ie: bad connection, it started to do funny things, like continue to find more souce, yet, I was on the site that had all the source, I decided to cancel the download, but I couldn't cancel it, no matter what I tried, I couldn't cancel the download at all, I have unistalled it, and tried it again, it installed, but the configuration didn't work, it just said looking for special offers, I just waited and waited for that to load, and would do you, "ERROR", why the hell would I want their dumb offers!, as I said, this program is SCREWED UP!!
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.4
Pros: A fast, and reliable program
Very good, A +++ =D
Cons: Nothing i guess
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