- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $24.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 06, 2006
- 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 by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The program features a full-fledged site grabber that downloads files that are specified with filters, for example, all pictures from a Web site, different parts of web sites, or complete web sites for offline browsing. The program has an adaptive download accelerator for MP3 audio files, and MPEG video content processing. It integrates into Opera, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and into any application that uses FTP, or HTTP protocols.
Version 5.03 adds support for MMS protocol, and a full-fledged site grabber that is unique for download managers and accelerators
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User reviews of Internet Download Manager 5.03
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1331 votes
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 5.03
"Simply the best download manager out there"
Pros: On my cable connection without IDM I get around 250 to 300 kbs. With IDM I get a steady 400 to 425 kbs. This is the fastest download speeds I have ever got.
Cons: If you visit pages with MIDI or Mp3 background junk, IDM will automatic start downloading but you can fix this.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 5.03
Pros: The best Download manager available. It increased my downloads by 350% according to tests I ran with the program. And the download scheduling and ease of use make it far superior than other download managers. Impressive enough for me to purchase it.
Cons: It has an annoying conflict with Zonealarm Antivirus and Zonealarm Security Suite. ZOnealarm's Antivirus cannot scan incoming emails when IDM's browser intregation is enabled :( I hope they fix this flaw in the next major update.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 5.03
"Fast, excellent, speedy and does all it says in the summary of it."
Pros: -No Ads!!!! like DAP 8
-Fast speed than a regular download on a 56k modem
-Easy to use and downloads from more than 10 servers
Cons: -30-day trial but it's freeware :)
-Other than that none whatsoever
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 5.03
Pros: -You can resume broken downloads.
-Download speed increases.
-Accesing different downloads is easy since numerous no of downloads are shown on a single window.
-You can change the location of the file that is being downloaded at the time of download itself.
-If by mistake you delete a program that you had downloaded before the you can redownload it through IDman.
Cons: I had to think very hard.It is abit of a complex program for new users.It becomes necessary to go through the startup tips
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Internet Download Manager 5.03
"Very helpful even with the demo."
Pros: Even with the demo you can see vast improvements over the regular download speed. It will improve any big demo downloading speed greatly, so even games like Call of Duty 2 or Americas Army will be improved to 50 minutes tops depending on your internet connection.
Also very small download size for a great demo of the product.
Cons: The actuall product may improve downloading time even more but is still a bit pricy for even what it does.
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