fubz Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I was looking at download accelerators, particularly Download Accelerator Plus. I downloaded, and installed it, and it works really well. 300% increase in download.Anyone have any comments about DL accelerators, reccomend any? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I have always used Get Right.It would segment larger files and download multiple files, too.It worked really nice when I had dial-up but now that I have cable, speed isn't really an issue.The thing I still use it for is that if the download is interrupted, Get Right will pick up the download where it was stopped.jr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tictoc5150 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I was looking at download accelerators, particularly Download Accelerator Plus. I downloaded, and installed it, and it works really well. 300% increase in download.Anyone have any comments about DL accelerators, reccomend any?I've never used it but recall reading that it's loaded with spyware.I don't know how true that is or if they've stopped putting spyware in, it's been a long time since I've read that but a simple google search for "DAP, spyware" brought up quite a few forum threads complaining about it.Might want to fire up Ad-aware & spybot to see if you're clean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Well they claim they are 100% spyware free, the big thing is there are some big ads. And most of the reviews i read complained about version 7 and below, i tried version 8. Seemed pretty decent.I also say people reccomend Get Right in the bad reviews for DA Plus. Maybe i will check that out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 100% Spyware Free (doubt it for most programs) Just like the "FREE POP-UP BLOCKER!" which puts on spyware specifically to give you pop-ups Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I use flashget and its really usefull plugin (for firefox) flashgot. It splits the file up into 5 parts and downloads them at once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 We use Fresh Download Free, no banners or spyware. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I've been happy with the free version of MetaProduct's Download Express. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon1986 Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Ever since DAP 7 I've stopped using it. It had too many ads in the window, although they could be blocked from your software firewall. I too would recommmend MetaProduct's Download Express. It's small, free and has no ads.I've found that the download manager in Firefox works pretty well, but then again I can't complain about speeds on cable internet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 From all the experience I've had with Download Managers/Accelerators, I've completely stopped using them. Most of them contain malware (DAP included), they screw with how your browser functions, and they bloat the system. However, the "best" on I've used was Star Downloader. Note, I used it many many versions ago, so it may have changed in quality, or even incoorporated malware into the install. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Firefox download manager is the only one I use, god baddies off a different one a couple of years ago and have only used firefox since. No problems, of course cable connection helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhema7 Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 I occasional use StarDownloader I like it. 8yrs no spyware most of the time it is just the Opera DL manager. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghorjus Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 used StarDownloader as well! no problems with it im on dial-up so i neede to use such programs from time to time.but note that i have used this a couple of years back,so im not sure wether things have changed since then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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