Boost your downloads with Internet Download Manager

Cristian Azziani  | 

November 11th, 2009  |  Published on: Review

Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager

Are you tired of connection disconnects when downloading files? Slow download speed? We introduce you to Internet Download Manager, the perfect to resume and take full advantage of your internet connection by boosting your download up to four times.

If you´re used to downloading large files such as games and movies, Internet Download Manager will become an essential tool since it enables you to manage your downloads by categories as well as boosting their speed, resuming them, providing additional like automatic shutdown.

Quick and easy installation program will make necessary settings for you, and check your connection at the end to ensure trouble free installation of Internet Download Manager. When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take over the download and accelerate it. You don’t need to do anything special, just browse the Internet as you usually do. IDM will catch your downloads and accelerate them. IDM supports HTTP, FTP, HTTPS and MMS protocols.

Its Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and Trojans. IDM can automatically run a scanner on download completion, like AdAware, Avast, Spybot, AVG Anti-Virus, McAfee, SpywareBlaster, CCleaner and others to protect users from harmful downloaded files.

Internet Download Manager can record and download FLV videos from popular sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Video. The best way of downloading webpage embedded videos from the Internet is here. After installing IDM, “Download This Video” button pops up whenever you are watching a video anywhere in the Internet.

Internet Download Manager interface lets you choose the order, buttons, and columns to appear on the main IDM window. There are several different skins for the toolbar with different button styles. All skins can be downloaded from IDM home site. Also users can design their own skins. Internet Download Manager can be used to organize downloads automatically using defined download categories.

Internet Download Manager features advanced browser integration with most popular web browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Avant Browser, AOL and Opera. When enabled, the feature can be used to catch any download from any application. None other download managers have this feature.

However, there a small issue with one-click-hosters such as Megaupload, RapidShare among others, requiring specific set up for some of them. For RapidShare for instance, you´ll have to enable the “Direct download” option on your premium account settings. For Megaupload it´s a bit more complicated and it´s a shame it´s not simpler since the use of such one-click-hosters is notoriously increasing.

All in all, Internet Download Manager is currently considered one of the best download managers. It features all the basic tools of a download manager as well as a handful of additional features.
Despite some shortcomings, its features are more than enough to start using Internet Download Manager as your default download manager. Give it a try, and you´ll notice an incredible boost in your download speed.

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