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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: June 05, 2007
- Total Downloads: 6,291,807
- Downloads last week: 13,115
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 335 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
FlashGet looks and feels like a download accelerator worth paying for, which makes it all the more appealing since it's free.
After installation, a small dark icon with three lightly-colored triangles will appear in the upper right corner of your monitor. Until you place it elsewhere, the FlashGet icon will live there permanently, and is always "on top" of whatever program you're using at the time. Simply drag the link you want to download onto the FlashGet icon, drop it and hit the Okay button; the file will start downloading automatically. We were able to download a 215MB file in less than 90 seconds with FlashGet, shaving more than a minute off the regular download time.
FlashGet supports more than bit torrent files, segmented downloading, and FTP recognition. It also has a Site Explorer feature that allows you to download multiple files from the same site in a Windows Explorer-style interface. Utilizing the instantly recognizable table, the Site Explorer cuts a lot of time out of navigating graphics-heavy sites, and it recognizes most file types.
Publisher's description
From Trend Media :FlashGet is specifically designed to address two of the biggest problems when downloading files: Speed and management of downloaded files. If you've ever waited forever for your files to download from a slow connection, or been cut off mid-way through a download - or just can't keep track of your ever-growing downloads - FlashGet is for you. FlashGet supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BT, MMS, MMST, RTSP, ed2k protocol.
Version 1.8.6 supports eMule/ed2k.
What's new in this version:
Supports eMule /ed2k
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User reviews of FlashGet 1.8.6
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 335 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.8.6
Pros: good features but
Cons: wasnt that quick....the firefox dld manager was quicker
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Version: FlashGet 1.8.6
Pros: Minus the included adware it is a good simple download manager.
Cons: McAfee site adviser (siteadvisor.com) finds the following for flashget.com site:
2 red downloads
In our tests, we found downloads on this site that some people consider adware, spyware, or other unwanted programs
1) FlashGet ads support (fgf11.exe)
FOUND: Adware-CyDoor, Adware-FlashGet
2) FlashGet (fgbeta.zip)
FOUND: Generic PUP.a, Adware-Url.gen, Adware-SideStep, Adware-Aureate
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.8.6
Pros: Easy with lots of options. Load it and let it do its thing! Quick downloads, restart where you leave off if necessary. Auto-set. Much more.
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.8.6
Pros: Downloads are so fast, I think they didn't happen until I check and see that they have. In fact, downloads are so fast, I haven't had a chance to test claim of multiple downloads at the same time.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.8.6
"Good but annoying (Tested on Vista Premium)"
Pros: + Good looking
+ Really complete
+ Easy settings
Cons: - Got crazy and went up to 500mb (more at times) whenever I downloaded Torrents. Went way far even on ordinary downloads.
For XP it's probably really good, but don't bother if you run Vista. I couldn't even surf while using it, and I got 2mb of ram.
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