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Download Accelerator Plus
With more than 115 million registered users worldwide, Download
Accelerator Plus (DAP) is the world's most popular download
manager. It leverages patented technology, ease of use, and rich
features including multi-connections 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.
New version brings you enhanced privacy with file shredder and trace
cleaner, improved algorithms for higher download speeds,
redesigned friendly and clean interface, and weekly most popular
downloads from fileratings.com.
This download manager brings much more to the table than fast file
transfers, but it definitely delivers those, too. Upon
installation, Download Accelerator Plus asks for your e-mail
address in hopes of sending you special offers, but you don't
actually need to submit any information. Although the program is
free, the trade-off is the "information panel" that displays
software advertisements in the right portion of the interface.
Luckily, it's easy to get used to. In most other respects, the
tabbed main window is straightforward to use and navigate.
Download Accelerator Plus also installs a handy toolbar in
Internet Explorer and integrates with alternate browsers such as
Firefox.
Increased download speeds are the program's bread and butter, and
it doesn't disappoint, speeding up downloads by almost 200 percent
in most cases. Besides using the common tactic of splitting files
into smaller pieces, it automatically seeks faster mirrors. It
also can get a file simultaneously from several sites, which is
useful if a particular site limits the download speed. Other
useful tools include the ability to resume interrupted downloads,
log on to protected sites, and schedule downloads at low traffic
times for faster downloading. We appreciate the extra tools for
organizing media and finding games, as well as the basic yet
functional FTP client. We also found a very interesting feature
(only in the pay version, however) that allows you to resume all
downloads, whether a server supports it or not. All things
considered, this feature-rich program will prove valuable for most
avid downloaders.
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