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License:
Free; Paid upgrade available (Buy it now)
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
59,812,462
- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
November 08, 2008
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Publisher's description of Download Accelerator Plus
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP)--the popular download manager with over 160 million users worldwide. DAP leverages patented technology, easy management of downloads and rich features and includes an upgraded download window for faster downloads with ease and simplicity, improved management window, ability to upload and send large files, the SpeedBit Video Accelerator expansions. Available in 10 languages.
Version 8.7.0.5 adds support for Google Chrome, upgrades the download window, and improves the management window.
Editor's review of Download Accelerator Plus
5.0 stars
- "Living up to its name"
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.
Increased download speeds are the program's bread and butter, speeding up downloads by almost 200 percent in most cases. Besides 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, it can resume downloads, and it can preview some media files while downloading. There's a blacklist for sites that you never want to accept downloads from, too, and categorized folders and filters to keep your downloads organized.
The nag panels have been woven into this freeware fairly innocuously, and they don't clutter the tabbed main window or the download windows as much as they could. They also make the UI feel similar to LimeWire and other file-sharing clients. DAP installs a toolbar in Internet Explorer and integrates with Firefox and other browsers, which can be both useful and annoying depending on your preferences. All things considered, this feature-rich program will prove valuable for those with massive downloading habits.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 1279 votes
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Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8.7.0.5
Pros: easy to use
Cons: none so far
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Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8.7.0.5
"compare to orbit, this DAP free/paid is a rip off..."
Pros: it can speed up downloads by almost 2x in some cases(for me anyway), resume downloads, preview some media files while downloading & work for rapidshare...
Cons: acceleration is limited to high unless u pay for extreme(10 connection link orelse only get 5 for free version), shred/delete the real file w/o sending it to the recycle bin is limited to 5mb unless u pay & many useless feature u've to pay...
Summary: short: orbit downloader>DAP
long: orbit downloader can do almost everything this DAP free & paid version can do plus it's totally free & faster & can DL sreaming media(video/audio) so it make this one look like a rip off IMO... -
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8.7.0.5
"Mostly very good, but with one serious flaw."
Pros: Very fast and does not hide completed downloads. For simple downloads, it can't be beat - especially for the price!
Cons: Very difficult to put "out of the way" when downloading from a source with its own multi-file downloading mechanism, such as "SermonAudio.com." It sometimes tends to take over in the middle of, say, 15 files, and the result is confusion.
Summary: This is a great value, and a versatile tool - again, thanks to the price. I can easily see a bug-free version commanding a small monetary price, and being worth every penny.
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Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8.7.0.5
"Super quick download manager"
Pros: I have noticed download speeds approaching 900Kbs on certain downloads. I like the fact that all the downloads are saved in the completed downloads file, which is easily accessible. I also like the security check on completed downloads.
Cons: The only real con with this program is the nag screen which might well be what's been been picked up as malware by avast as mentioned by a few reviews here, most forums that you're sending a log file recommends uninstalling DAP, same for limewire.
Summary: Despite the fact that certain experts consider DAP to be some form nagware rather than malware certain security applications are flagging it as some form of back-door program, which I have a strong feeling that it's something to do with the nagscre... read more >>
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Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8.7.0.5
"Is bettter than nothing. So is necesary. Very fast."
Pros: You can restart an interrupted download from the point interrupted.
Cons: No. I thing is cool for me.
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