What is the best Download Manager?

Discussion in 'Application Software' started by finchtosh, May 23, 2010.

  1. shrinivas

    shrinivas MDL Member

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  3. mal1

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    IDM for paid, and EagleGet for free options. There are many options to choose between.
    For youtube videos, I use this addon; video download helper.
     
  4. spidernz

    spidernz MDL Senior Member

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    Jdownloader 2 though its beta it's beta like gmail beta was, works fine and been beta for over a year.


    firefox addons:

    video download helper.
    ant.com video downloader
     
  5. GoFigure

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    Jdownloader 2 cannot be beaten. For free software it has excellent support, just like yesterday when there was a problem with an update loop. Within several hours of being notified of the problem it was fixed. And it doesn't hurt to make a contribution since there are no ads or other obnoxious items other than a contribute tab that doesn't affect the usage and goes away after you contribute something.
     
  6. nadiadsz

    nadiadsz MDL Novice

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    EagleGet. Its free, no ads and very nice UI. Downloads everything at maximum speed and also there is a portable version.
    I have it portable and use it only for large files because of the speed and the possibility of pause the download, for all the others files I use chrome.
     
  7. khanyash

    khanyash MDL Giveaway Organizer

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    Internet Download Manager is the best in its category.

    Hope MDL gets giveaway license to share here.
     
  8. Hadron-Curious

    Hadron-Curious MDL Guru

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    It is a very good downloader indeed but has issue with Google Chrome and it sometimes crashes. If not, it is just the right competitor with Internet Download Manager.
     
  9. ZarkBit

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  10. khanyash

    khanyash MDL Giveaway Organizer

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    Xtreme Download Manager asks to install its certificate in order to download Youtube videos. I find this strange. So uninstalled it.
    XDM Windows version
     
  11. ThomasMann

    ThomasMann MDL Expert

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    There are two possibilities, paid and free. After many years I decided that a paid Downloadmanager is (other than a good VPN) the ONLY Software worth paying for. And there, IDM is the one. Everyone who knows his way around this subject will confirm. A great instrument, not perfect, there are some sites it will not work on, but on those, nothing works.

    Even though IDM is worth its money, here is a secret, do not tell anyone!
    I wrote them that $30 is bit expensive... and they forwarded me to a site where it will cost only $20. And it worked. It is a lifetime license... remember, this never means YOUR lifetime, it means THEIR lifetime. ;)
    I bought it a few years ago and being a stingy bastard, I still never regretted it.

    Do some research, I did post the cheap website here, I think it was on the free-give-away thread.
    (I have no connection to the site, so I am not selling anything, this is simply my experience.....)
     
  12. software182

    software182 MDL Junior Member

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    No doubt, IDM is the best download manager :D
     
  13. Joe C

    Joe C MDL Guru

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    I've found that Ant video downloader work well for me as an add on for Firefox, I leave it disabled until I need it
     
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    #55 ZarkBit, Mar 1, 2016
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    False positive, ESET detects it due to the installer used, it may present the user with 3rd party apps, or an adware.
     
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  15. atgpud2003

    atgpud2003 MDL Addicted

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    mipony has a adware viruses.. I check on malware-bytes Anti-spyware did report and also BitDefender, Norton, and other anti-virus I had scan the mipony is actually shows virus adwares during installations and running application. I use FlashGet 3 Freeware and they have Full Version of FlashGet can be found serial# or Keygen to do that.
     
  16. son13wo33

    son13wo33 MDL Member

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    Ant Download Manager.....free powefull similar to internet download manager
     
  17. schraul

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    Free Download Manager and JDownloader are for me.
     
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  19. ThomasMann

    ThomasMann MDL Expert

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    Works hardly on anything and is slow...

    You have never seen how IDM actually works, right?