Free Download Manager 2.5Developed by FreeDownloadManager.ORG

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Latest version:: 2.6.792
License type:: Freeware
Home page:: www.freedownloadmanager.org/index.htm
Release date:: August 15, 2007
Used by:: 12662 members & 510942 guests

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Free download manager is an efficient, easy to use download manager released under GNU GPL, i.e. it's open source software. It lets you download files from various websites or servers through HTTP, HTTPS & FTP. It gets its incredible speed by splitting the download file into many parts (a maximum of 999!) and then downloading them all simultaneously. This increases the speed of download as well as allows you to efficiently use your whole bandwidth. It also has a special feature, with the help of which you can give your browser a higher priority than your download, so that you can browse at faster speed while downloading. One special addition to the manager is the video grabber. It helps you to grab videos from sites like Youtube, MySpace videos, Dailymotion, Yahoo, etc. That means you can download videos right away instead of having to wait for them to load onto your browser. And then using its built-in converter you can just convert video files into other formats like mpeg4, divx etc. It also has a built-in service of checking your download for virus infections by linking with your antivirus and thus safeguarding your computer. The program also lets you read about other FDM users' opinions about a download and thus saves you from useless or malicious downloads. It can also link with torrent downloads and thus save your time and money.

The software's different mode feature allows you to shift between various default settings to optimize your internet and memory usage. It can also resume broken downloads so that you don’t have to re-download the same file after casual interruptions. Also the application warns you about whether the file can be resumed or not. It saves the various passwords you have for downloading sites thus reducing your headache of remembering them. It has a resizable history memory, so you can re-download any of your past downloads, if you accidently deleted them. Also there is no need to reboot your computer after installing FDM (unlike other download managers), saving your precious time. It can be scheduled to start at the start up of computer and to exit, hang up the connection, or shutdown your pc, after the download is over.

All in all, if you are looking for a simple solution to all your downloading problems FDM 2.5 is the answer…..

Advantages:

User friendly interface
High acceleration limit
Built-in video grabber and converter
BITTorrent support and built-in upload manager for BITTorrent.
Enhanced audio/video files support, ZIP files preview
Virus check on downloads and malicious software alert
Can be scheduled to exit, hang up the connection, or shutdown your pc, after the download is over
Download window can be hidden temporarily or permanently
Its free with no need for registration

Disadvantages:

Can grab videos from limited number of sites
The help section can be given a better look

Reviewed by: Deepak Singh
Reviewer rating: Editor's rating 4

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donny says 5 days ago #

Thanks Andrey, leh mie check it out..

Guest #126071 says 7 days ago #

Where do i get the latest versions.................

Andrey says 5 days ago #

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst.exe

alex says 5 days ago #

you can get it on their forum. - 2.6 beta

ghone says 10 days ago #

Free Download Manager is a powerful open-source downloading application that has millions of loyal users all over the world. It
lets you download files or whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and BitTorrent up to 6 times faster, even
when downloading from slow sites. FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them
simultaneously. As a result download speed increases up to 600%, or even more!

Guest #1147070 says 10 days ago #

I cannot fully download anything. It goes up to 98% and stops. Why is this

m00zart says 10 days ago #

This is the best download manager on the net thanks thanks

Monty Shaw says 10 days ago #

I think I would stick with the free version (2.5) rather than this beta version.

Henry Menson says 19 days ago #

Extremely impressive Download Manager downloads with restarts, Site Explorer, Site Manager, and Spider. Haven't done anything with
Scheduler or Flash Video Download features yet. For now...
Only two things I would like to see:
1. Group Maintenance - make it easier, like drag/drop entries from one group to another. Also make group maint easier at download
dialog.
2. Make "Add Download" dialog Sizable.

Guest #639761 says 22 days ago #

I am getting very angry with this program on my pc and I cannot figure out how to get it off of my pc. I have to go to my office
to download things on my usb port to bring it back to put on my pc. This is getting very fustrating.

Guest #874331 says 26 days ago #

i have already started download the game called "Restaurant Rush" and it takes too much time. Can you tell me what has happened to
the donload?

Guest #966494 says Last month #

I cannot download anything for a few days now...download manager says 'stopped' when trying to download

Soma says Last month #

This programme in URL
http://xilisoft-download-youtube-video.software.informer.com/
enables you to loading in YOUTUBE but I do not know that he was dealing with YAHOO ....

I am previously used the this Programme (FreeDownloadManager) It is excellent, but does not download from some of the URL