Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance. 

Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager 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. 

Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and many others. 

Version 6.15 adds Windows 8 compatibility, adds IDM download panel for web-players that can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features complete Windows 7 and Vista support, YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS protocol support. The new version also adds improved integration for IE 10 and IE based browsers, redesigned and enhanced download engine, the unique advanced integration into all latest browsers, improved toolbar, and a wealth of other improvements and new features. 

Main Features: 
ΓÇó Internet Download Manager supports all popular browsers including IE, AOL, MSN, Opera, Firefox, Avant Browser, and it can be integrated into any Internet application to take over downloads using unique ΓÇ£Advanced Browser IntegrationΓÇ¥ feature. 
ΓÇó Dynamic Segmentation and Performance. 
ΓÇó Easy downloading with one click. When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take over the download and accelerate it. IDM supports HTTP, FTP, HTTPS and MMS protocols. 
ΓÇó Download Speed Acceleration. IDM can accelerate downloads by up to 5 times due to its intelligent dynamic file segmentation technology. 
ΓÇó Download Resume. IDM will resume unfinished download from the place where they left off. 
ΓÇó YouTube grabber. IDM can grab FLV videos from popular sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Video. 
ΓÇó Drag and Drop. You may simply drag and drop links to IDM, and drag and drop downloaded files out of Internet Download Manager. 
ΓÇó Automatic Antivirus checking. Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and trojans. 
ΓÇó Advanced Browser Integration. When enabled, the feature can be used to catch any download from any application. 
ΓÇó Built-in Scheduler. IDM can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, disconnect, or shut down your computer when itΓÇÖs done. 
ΓÇó IDM includes web site spider and grabber. IDM downloads all required files that are specified with filters from web sites, for example all pictures from a web site, or subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for offline browsing. ItΓÇÖs possible to schedule multiple grabber projects to run them once at a specified time, stop them at a specified time, or run periodically to synchronize changes. 
ΓÇó IDM supports many types of proxy servers. For example, IDM works with Microsoft ISA, and FTP proxy servers. 
ΓÇó IDM supports main authentication protocols: Basic, Negotiate, NTLM, and Keberos. Thus IDM can access many Internet and proxy servers using login name and password. 
ΓÇó Download All feature. IDM can add all downloads linked to the current page. ItΓÇÖs easy to download multiple files with this feature. 
ΓÇó Download Categories. IDM can be used to organize downloads automatically using defined download categories. 
ΓÇó Download limits. Progressive downloading with quotas feature. The feature is useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy (or FAP) like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc. 
ΓÇó IDM is multilingual. 


What's new in version 6.18 Build 9 
(Released: Nov 29, 2013) 
ΓÇó Fixed a bug with erroneous dialup dialog 
ΓÇó Added a workaround for Trusteer bug when it crashes IE 

What's new in version 6.18 Build 8 
(Released: Nov 28, 2013) 
ΓÇó Increased the maximum number of connections to support up to 32 simultaneous connections per download 
ΓÇó Improved video recognition in web players 
ΓÇó Improved IDM download engine