- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: June 19, 2005
- Total Downloads: 1,697,384
- Downloads last week: 8,591
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 761 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This download utility is surprisingly attractive and full-featured for a freeware product, and its operation couldn't be more straightforward. To download a file, just click a link in your browser or drag it onto the program's tiny, semitransparent window.
In our comparison tests, Free Download Manager beat out Opera's download manager 85Kbps to 53Kbps. Its automation features also are very good. Like other managers, it can automatically dial a modem, start a download, or shut down the PC. Unlike many of them, it also can change the number of connections depending on download speed, or disconnect and shut down the computer if a file is unavailable.
If you want to boost your download speed for free, this utility is certainly worth a try.
Publisher's description
From FreeDownloadManager :Using power of this free download manager and accelerator you can retrieve files and complete Web sites up to 600% faster than before. It utilizes the entire bandwidth of your Internet connection even if you download from slow Web sites. Features of the download manager include: integration with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, and FireFox, powerful scheduler, downloading from mirrors, adjusting traffic usage, ZIP file and audio/video preview.
Version 1.8 build 307 adds more interface features and skins and has some bug fixes.
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User reviews of Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 761 votes
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4 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
"Product is free but works very not stably."
Cons: Interface not clear and from the help it is impossible to obtain additional information.
The buttons and menus are not comfortably located.
Colouring not is very pleasant.
Gets not all files correctly.
Some links does not process.
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8 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
Pros: There are 3 Downloading Modes Heavy, Lite and Low which Utilizes the Internet BandWidth according to the mode selected. Heavy Utilizes the Maximum Bandwith leaving very little for other browsing applications.
+ Audio/Video File Preview.
+ No Spyware/Adware.
+ 100% Free.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
"Product is free and works very stably."
Pros: Product is free and works very stably.
Dima_R which gives all download managers 1 is absolutelly uncompetent and seems never tries them at all.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
"Probably the best free download manager I've used"
Pros: This is one of the best free download managers that I have ever used. It doesn't have the ads to bog you down, so it stays at a fairly constant speed. Plus it runs faster than any other free download manager out there I have tried, and for the past 2 yrs I've tried every single one on this site.
For me running a very slow dial up connection ( usually 28.8k because of old outdated phone lines.... I can't even get DSL because of how old they are.) this program is a life saver.
Cons: The only real problem I've noticed with this is that file names with spaces can get messed up by it. I just recently started using version 1.9 build 334 of this program ( go to their website for that version because it's not on this site.)and so far it seems as if that version has cured this problem from what I have noticed anyways.
When you download this and start using it make sure and read all the options and help pages before complaining if it does not work right for you. I had a bunch of oddball problems with it at first but the help files got me up and running with this.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Download Manager 1.8 build 307
Pros: At 1.3MB and a price of $0. It is recommended that everyone should download this program. Not only it resume downloads but also accelerate your download speed. In integrates nicely into Internet Explorer, Opera and firefox. I've tried other download managers but none of them did a good job integrating with browers. Very nice interface for organizing downloads also a media player for previewing audio and video files.
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