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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows 3.x, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: July 13, 2007
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- CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
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Average user rating:
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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.
Be warned, though: some malware detection programs might identify the Internet Explorer plug-in as spyware, although we didn't encounter any problems with it. Other than this hitch, FlashGet is good to be got.
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 support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BT, MMS, MMST, RTSP, ed2k protocol. Version 1.9.0.1012 fixes bug regarding category management that enabled to create same categories, adds new download window when clicking on torrent file.
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User reviews of FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 319 votes
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
Pros: Like previous versions, this version continues to work great. Its downloads remain super-fast, and it has no nags.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
Pros: none yet that I know
Cons: I didn't get past the Installation for this reason:
A couple of the install *options* may be raising flags:
"Modify windows XP connections"
"Enable eMule"
Feedback on these would be appreciated!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
Pros: Without the malware it would be an excellent download manager.
I currently use DownThemAll for Firefox, and have found no suitable download manager for Internet Explorer.
Cons: I ran a scan after installation and found and removers one malware item.
Per McAfee Site Advisor
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: FlashGet 1.9.0.1012
"Good, but often creates corrupted archive files when downloading."
Pros: fast and easy to use.
disables and enables easily
Cons: once archived files are downloaded half way, a lot of the time, it is broken up and corrupted.
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