- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $24.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: March 19, 2006
- 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 :Internet Download Accelerator is an easy-to-use and effective download manager that can increase download speed by up to 500 percent. It uses intellectual multi-section download technology to provide the best possible performance for all connection types, resumes broken downloads, supports FTP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols, firewalls, proxy servers, cookies, redirects, authorization and a lot of different platforms and servers. IDA lets you conveniently manage downloads by orginizing them in categories with automatic category detection option. 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. Integrated FTP Explorer lets you conveniently browse FTP sites. IDA also allows you to browse ZIP archives before loading them and to choose only the desired files to download. IDA integrates into IE, Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera.
Version 5.0.2.1001 adds support for plug-ins, adds Scheduler plug-in, adds ability to download entire folders (including subfolders) via FTP.
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User reviews of Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 150 votes
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
Pros: it at least doubles your download speed
easy to use
supports almost any file
browser integration
nice UI
spyware or virus free
small download size
it can turn off the computer after ending all downloads
Cons: advertising of the product at every time
it aint free!:(
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
Pros: I have used this on dial-up (Home) and on cable (Office) and it real downloaded faster on both. Very stable, pretty easy to use and nice interface. Its really faster than IDM and DAP, I like it! All my friends using IDA now. I strongly recomended for all!
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
"This download manager gave me exacly what I needed!"
Pros: Easy to use, and great functionality! I have been using this program for a year and cannot think of downloading without it! It saves me tons of time doing downloads. Excellent ZIP-Preview, mp3-preview, speed modes, priority, FTP Explorer and others great features helping me everyday. It's a great product!
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
Pros: I'm very impressed with this whole program. Much better than FlashGet and not adware or spyware. It took three minutes to download 2 MB what normally takes an hour on my dial-up. Very fast and easy! I RECOMENDED!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.2.1001
"Really, IDA is a "5 Star" software"
Cons: Support "Opera" browser
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