- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $25.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 22, 2004
- Total Downloads: 1,050,496
- Downloads last week: 4,930
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 150 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This straightforward and feature-rich download manager is a good choice for active surfers and those on dial-up connections. In our tests, Internet Download Accelerator raised the download speed by up to three times. The neat interface offers several ways to start retrieving a file: clicking a link in your browser, copying the URL to the Clipboard, or dragging the download to a semitransparent floating window. The interface also displays the download speed and lets you control downloads. You can arrange retrieved files into folders depending on their extensions and sources, grab HTML pages, and peek at the contents of ZIP archives to see whether you want to download the files. The program is accessible via a system-tray icon or a browser toolbar. When running in the background, the utility doesn't take much memory. The program supports Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera browsers. Dial-up users should appreciate Internet Download Accelerator's ability to automatically establish and maintain connections or to schedule downloads overnight.Publisher's description
From WestByte Software :This download manager can increase download speeds by up to 500 percent. It uses intellectual, multisection download technology to provide performance for all connection types, resumes broken downloads, and supports FTP, HTTP, and SHTTP protocols, firewalls, proxy servers, cookies, redirects, authorizations, and many platforms and servers. IDA lets you conveniently manage downloads by organizing them in categories with an automatic-category-detection option. The category list has drag-and-drop possibilities for download management. Another feature is the original Active Visual Cart technology, which significantly improves your download experience by giving you quick access to the most useful program features. IDA integrates into IE, Mozilla, and Opera.
Version 4.0.1.815 includes FTP Explorer, the ability to download files larger than 2GB, and a menu item for importing unfinished downloads.
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User reviews of Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 150 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
Pros: 1) It improves internet speed a little bit
2) Stable indd
3) Easy as well..
Cons: 1) I wouldnt recommend this tool for users of fast internet connections...It will be turned out....
2) Waste of space..
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
Pros: no positive comments removed immediately
Cons: during install coolweb search toolbar was detected. cnet should pull link immediately to restore trust... after all they gave it 5 stars!!!!
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Version: Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
"the greatest download accelerator i ever tried"
Pros: stable
easy
multiple options
all u need
and the smart "speed control"
Cons: didnt find any yet
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
Pros: Connection stable than other download manager. I will say it's a good product.
Cons: Connection too sensitive, downloading mp3 will easy get interrupting.
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Version: Internet Download Accelerator 4.0.1.815
Summary: Amazing product. I needed to download 1.1Gig and was having extremely slow speeds from the customer. Currently using DSL and was only getting 6k loaded the Internet Download Accelerator and it shot up to 75k in some instances. I only need it for ... read more >>
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