An updated review gave IDM a rating of 5 out of 5 stars again.FTP client helps you effectively transfer files to and from your web server or host. An extended review has been done by Softpedia in March 2014 giving the software 4 out of 5 stars, but criticized IDM for not having released a major version since 2010. Softpedia gave IDM a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, complementing on its convenience, effectiveness & diversity of options. In CNET, IDM received a user rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,909 votes.

Support for the following web browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, Firefox, Opera and many others.

Authentication protocols: Basic, NTLM, and Kerberos allowing for storage and auto-authentication of user names and passwords.

Protocols: HTTP, FTP, HTTPS, MMS and Microsoft ISA.

Dynamic segmentation throughout the downloading process.

Video downloading from streaming video sites.

Recent downloads list for easy access to directories.

Auto/manual updating of download address.

Divides downloads into multiple streams for faster downloading.

It is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera and other popular browsers to manage downloads from the internet. IDM supports a wide range of proxy servers such as firewall, FTP, and HTTP protocols, cookies, MP3 audio and MPEG video processing. It can use full bandwidth, and contains recovery and resume capabilities to continue downloading files that were interrupted due to a loss of network connection or other unexpected failures. IDM is a tool that manages and schedules downloads. It is only available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Internet Download Manager (also called IDM) is a shareware download manager software application owned by American company Tonec, Inc.

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