Internet Download Accelerator

Internet Download Accelerator effectively solves three of the biggest problems when downloading files: speed, resuming broken downloads, and management of downloaded files. Internet Download Accelerator lets you to noticeably increase the speed of file download from the Internet using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. The acceleration is achieved by splitting a file being downloaded into several parts and downloading these parts at the same time. The app resumes broken downloads from where they left off from both HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP servers.

To increase usability the tool integrates with Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, Safari, Yandex. Browser, Vivaldi, and others, replacing the standard download modules. Moreover, the program monitors the system clipboard and detects URLs in the clipboard. With IDA you can download and save video from popular video services.

Whatever your connection type, Internet Download Accelerator will use the bandwidth of your connection most effectively and download files extremely fast. Power and useful tool for the management of download categories. Possibility of automatic file type detection with automatic file placement to the specified categories. An unlimited number of categories and hierarchy levels.

Features and Highlights

• Easy to use: intuitive, user-friendly, and customizable user interface;
• Download lists support with rich sorting options;
• The floating window including download speed indicator, active downloads indicators, cart for dragging links;
• Original Active Visual Cart technology which lets you work with IDA without opening the main program window;
• Dynamic multi-threaded download;
• Resumes broken downloads from where they left off from both HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP servers;
• Scheduled operation, PC shutdown, sleep or stand-by after completing download;
• Optimal settings for work with various connection types (dial-up, ISDN, ADSL, LAN) at various speed;
• FTP Explorer;
• Support for download mirrors.
• Searching for and adding download mirrors;
• Power and useful tool for the management of download categories;
• Work with ZIP archives: option to preview the contents of ZIP archives before download, option to download only files selected from an archive, option to check ZIP archives and recover corrupted files as well as option to unpack archives;
• Work with RAR archives: option to check RAR archives, option to unpack archives;
• Detailed log-file for every download;
• Site manager for passwords and download folders management;
• Download speed control, automatic mode for the most comfortable browsing on the Web.
• Manual mode for dynamic control of download speed;
• Option to set priorities for downloads;
• Possibility to download HTML-pages with images;
• Download entire folders (including subfolders) via FTP;
• Content recognition when working through HTTP;
• Work with command-line;
• Dial for dial-up connection;
• Search for files, programs, archives and documents in
• Smart Pause/Start. Ability to temporarily stop current downloads with the option to start them later in the same order and state;
• Rich options of tuning connection parameters HTTP, HTTPS and FTP;
• Work behind HTTP and FTP proxy-servers, support for NTLM, and NTLM-proxy authentication.
• IDA can automatically detect and use your web browser's proxy-server settings;
• Support for FTP over SSL/TSL;
• Option to play streaming audio and video files while they are being downloaded.
• Automatic receipt of information about MP3 files when starting download;
• Downloads history;
• The option of dragging selected text from a browser or another program onto the floating window.
• The tool will find links in the text and offer you to start download;
• Ability to drag download description text from other programs.
• Automatic insertion of the text selected on a page opened in IE into the download description.
• Search in the download list;
• The option of automatic synchronization of files on servers and your computer (auto-update);
• Checking downloaded files for updates (manually or automatically);
• Marking downloaded files as unread;
• Wide download list export/import options. Supported formats: .txt, .txtd, .lst, .urls, .ion.
• Intellectual multi-section download.
• Internet DownloadAccelerator dynamically splits a file being downloaded into several sections and downloads all the sections at the same time.
• Automatically restarts download when downloading speed decreases which help to avoid stoppage;
• Download speed control with automatic mode making web-surfing more comfortable.

Why Go Pro?

• You can use PRO version for commercial purposes;
• You can use functions inaccessible in the demo basic version;
• All the "PRO Promotion" windows will be removed;
• You get extended technical support;
• You'll get all future versions for free;
• You'll be able to buy other WestByte programs at a discount;
• You support further development and improvement of Internet Download Accelerator.

Note: You may use the app for non-commercial purposes. If you want to get the advantages of the PRO or use Internet Download Accelerator for commercial purposes you must buy PRO license.