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Free Download Manager is proprietary software, but was free and open-source software between versions 2.5 [6] and 3.9.7. Starting with version 3.0.852 (15 April 2010), the source code was made available in the project's Subversion repository instead of being included with the binary package.
This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers (using the http, https and ftp-protocol). For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications .
Download manager A download manager and accelerator. FoxyProxy Standard: GPL-2.0: No No Yes ... Browser extension Free license Dependencies WebExt Rec. [2] Category
BTW, can anybody think of a Free Software download manager for Windows? --Lemi4 17:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC) See wxDownload Fast for a Free Software download manager on Windows. Antini 00:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC) Just look under the "license" field for Free licenses and the "Runs on" field for windows support! Satur9 08:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
"Free Download Manager" tries to install a "Software Informer" program which is very likely spyware. --84.189.85.124 21:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC) The installer includes "Software Informer", which is probably what mcafee recognized as "potentially unwanted programs".
Download managers are programs designed to download files from the Internet, unlike web browsers, which are intended mainly for browsing the WWW For more information, see Download manager . Pages in category "Download managers"
For example, the download page for Free Download Manager was hacked and used to spread malware on Linux devices from 2020 to 2022. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other download managers have been noted to contain advertisements, be identified as malware by antivirus software , or attempt to install unwanted software during installation.
This allows the user to download the file in pieces, then combine the pieces after a completed download. This increases the download speed when connected to a slow server. [ 5 ] It has Metalink support, which allows multiple URLs for each file to be used, along with checksums and other information about the content. [ 5 ]