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The following list identifies the most commonly downloaded download manager
applications1. This provides a loose representation of the
latest consumer trends, identifying what software people are interested in
trying or buying:
With more than 107 million registered users worldwide, Download Accelerator
Plus (DAP) is the leading download manager. It leverages patented technology,
ease of use, and rich features including multiconnections for optimal downloads
from most responsive servers, automatic recovery from lost connections and
errors, AlwaysResume (when standard resume is not supported), scheduling, and
automatic hang-ups. DAP integrates with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape,
and other browsers, and is available in 10 languages. It also is 100 percent
spyware-free and enjoys industry-wide recognition from Norton, Ad-Aware, eTrust
PestPatrol, Spyware Doctor, and McAfee.
Version 7.5 features higher speeds and broadband optimization, a new design with
a rich-graphic speed panel, the ability to preview rich-media files as you download
them, and a list of the most popular downloads by DAP users.
GetRight extends your file-downloading power by resuming broken downloads and
accelerating them to make them faster and more flexible. It can easily recover
from problems such as lost connections and Windows crashing. You can use GetRight
to schedule your downloads for later; it can dial your modem at the set time,
download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when
it’s done. GetRight can use Mirror searching to find other places a file may be
downloaded and then use the best site. It also can accelerate a file and download
different pieces at the same time to speed up your downloads. GetRight easily
manages all your downloads, making it easy to find what you have in progress,
and track files you've finishd so they don't get lost.
Version 5.2d may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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 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.
Version 4.06 improves the general security of Internet Download Manager, adds
several enhancements to the logic of download engine, fixes buffer overflow bug when
taking over downloads with long URLs, adds authorization dialog in case authorization
information don't match, and improves processing of sites that demand different
authorization information.
NetAnts is a download manager designed to maximize downloading by making multiple
FTP or HTTP connections, each of which will download a separate part of a single
large file. Features include the ability to resume downloads, support for
multiple-connection downloads, a Clipboard monitor, drag-and-drop capabilities for
links, browser integration, batch downloading, automatic dial-up, download scheduling,
job prioritization, and proxy support. Other features include HTTP/FTP multi-thread
downloading with resuming capabilities, flexible batch-job methods to download multiple
files, HTTP/FTP/SOCKS proxy management, and multi-language support.
This version includes a number of new features such as the ability to automatically
execute downloaded files. It has a new design of the "Select Links" dialog, browser
integration with NetCaptor, and fixes minor bugs.
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