- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: January 11, 2005
- Total Downloads: 7,492,735
- Downloads last week: 31,872
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1331 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Don't let the dull name fool you: Internet Download Manager is a full-featured package that handles downloading tasks with aplomb. It conveniently integrates into your browser, even if you use Mozilla or Opera.
It automatically sorts incoming files by file type and puts them in the appropriate folder. Most importantly, it supercharges download speeds (it doubled ours). Its windowed interface is clean and easy to understand. Power users can take advantage of the command line interface to resume file transfers, schedule downloads, connect through dial-up, or log on to password-protected sites. Experienced users also can limit the number of connections, the download speeds for specific sites, and even create an exception list to block specific, user-defined sites.
Other features include automatic virus checking and the ability to download all files linked to a page. The new version has a Web spider that can analyze a site and retrieve, for example, all the images on it.
Internet Download Manager strikes us as a natural choice for users in need of a trusty transfer tool. Version 5.11 build 5 added FLV grabber that can be used to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV, and other popular sites.
Publisher's description
From Tonec :Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to lost connections, network problems, or unexpected power outages. It can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, and disconnect or shut down your computer when it's done. It supports FTP, HTTP, and SHTTP protocols, MP3 audio files, and MPEG video-content processing. The program integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, and all other popular browsers, to automatically handle your downloads.
Version 4.03 build 3 revises the Download with IDM feature for Internet Explorer, features improved download-link-capturing logic, adds download-link capturing from antileech plug-ins, and adds protection from faulty registry cleaners.
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User reviews of Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1331 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
"Amazing speed in comparison to other downloader managers!"
Pros: 1) IDM definitely shows the most speed increase in comparison to other download managers.
Test Download: A file from download.com
Results: 1) Firefox Download Manger - 330 kb/s 2) GetRight - 480 kb/s 3) None (regular download) - 500 kb/s 4) IDM - 700+ kb/s.
Cons: None! Although other download mangers have extras, the main usage of a download manger is speed increase, and this is #1 for speeding up downloads.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
Pros: Believe me, u'll never c faster download speed with the other download managers.
Cons: why can't this manager find mirror sites to download better?
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
Pros: idm rocks !
i have tried almost all the download managers but none of them increased the download speed as good as idm . my download speed improved from 6kbps to 15 kbps which ir really cool
Cons: it does not search for mirrors
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
"The Best Software to improve your download speeds !!!!!"
Pros: This is the best software I have come across so far, that doesnt lie about what it delivers. Living in Africa, you dont get much speed from internet connections, and I usually get a minimum of 5k to 10k, but after getting download manager, my speed increased to at least 35k. Thank you for putting it up here.
Cons: This is more like a suggestion, I dont think there should be several small files when you are downloading a large file, instead, just the one large file seems more convenient especially when you need to backup your data.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 4.03 build 3
Pros: This really runs and runs and runs...
It runs my connection to full speed. TDSL downloads up to 100 kB/s!!! Resume broken downloads. Really a good download manager. Its worth a try in every case.
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