Internet Download Manager 6.14 Build 5  

NOTE: After the installation process, in order to get the latest version (build) of IDM you can use the automatic update function of the software.

Internet Download Manager is a powerful file transfer manager that promises to accelerate downloads by up to 5 times. In addition, the application can also restart interrupted downloads and integrate into a large number of browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera.

Internet Download Manager's interface is clean and well-organized, with large, stylish buttons that facilitate the management of the files in process. It is a great organizer too, as every single download can be moved into a different folder, depending on its type. Plus, it has a rich settings menu where you can change the way the program handles certain file formats or the default download locations.

We tried the quick update function too, which worked like a breeze and basically updated the application with just a single click. It all came down to choosing whether to update or not, and the whole job was done by the integrated updater that automatically downloaded the new files and installed them on the computer.

The application encases all the features specific to a decent download manager, including drag and drop support, a task scheduler, virus protection, queue processor, HTTPS support, progressive downloading with quotas, command line parameters, sounds, ZIP preview and proxy servers.

The tests revealed that the CPU and memory footprint is minimal, but this also depends on the download speed and the overall size of the file.

Internet Download Manager is a must have application for many users out there. It will prove itself essential for users who download large files on a regular basis.

Version History
Version 6.14 Build 5 added on: 14 Jan 2013
Version 6.12.26 added on: 28 Nov 2012
Version 6.12.22 added on: 23 Oct 2012



Changes on the new version:
What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.14 Build 5: January 9th, 2013

· Added support for Firefox 20
· Improved downloading from some types of video servers



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.14 Build 3: December 24th, 2012

· Added support for latest YouTube changes



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.14 Build 2: December 20th, 2012

· Fixed a compatiblity problem with Waterfox browser on Windows 8
· Added support for SeaMonkey 2.14



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.14: December 14th, 2012

· Improved Windows 8 integration
· Improved integration for Enhanced Protected Mode of IE 10
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 26: November 22nd, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 19
· Improved IE 10 integration
· Improved Google Chrome integration



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 25: November 14th, 2012

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 24: November 12th, 2012

· Added support for latest youtube changes. Now IDM download panel allows the choice of video resolution again



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 23: October 30th, 2012

· Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module
· Improved Chrome and Opera integration
· Fixed crashing in Chrome IDM integration module



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 22: October 11th, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 18



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 21: September 28th, 2012

· Fixed a bug when taking over downloads from Google Chrome
· Fixed compatibility issue with Sling Media Player



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 20: September 26th, 2012

· Fixed a bug in Chrome integration module. After IDM update, you will need to restart Google Chrome.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 19: September 25th, 2012

· Fixed a critical bug



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 18: September 25th, 2012

· Fixed bugs when downloading youtube videos in Chrome browser
· Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Google Chrome browser. After IDM update you will need to restart Google Chrome and agree with the installation of "IDM Integration" extension.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Beta 17: September 14th, 2012

· Added Google Chrome extension (beta version). After IDM update you will need to restart Google Chrome and agree with the installation of "IDM Integration" extension.
· Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Google Chrome browser.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 15: September 6th, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 17
· Added support for Seamonkey 2.12 and 2.13
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 12: August 31st, 2012

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 11: August 29th, 2012

· Improved youtube video downloading



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Build 10: August 24th, 2012

· Redeveloped file integrity verification during resume.
· Improved resume capability after power outages.
· Optimized IE integration module and improved its speed performance.
· Added support of IDM download panel to Google Frame installed into IE.
· Improved integration into IE based browsers like AOL, MSN, etc..
· Improved support of several web players.
· Made a workaround for bugs in a new Outpost firewall.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Beta 8: August 3rd, 2012

· Added the possibility to translate text for IDM installer and IDM uninstaller
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Beta 6: July 24th, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 16
· Revised the feature to set file creation date as provided by the server. Now IDM additionally sets file modification time equal to file creation time



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Beta 5: July 17th, 2012

· Added a feature to set file creation date as provided by the server (IDM Options->Save To)
· Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content of web pages in Chrome



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.12 Beta 2: July 6th, 2012

· Added support for new version of Adobe Flash Player



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 7: May 3rd, 2012

· Fixed a bug in integration module for IE
· Added support for Firefox 14
· Added support for SeaMonkey 2.9



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 5: April 24th, 2012

· Fixed false interception of web ads
· Added Socks traffic monitoring for Google Chrome & Opera
· Added compatibility with address hiding programs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 4 Beta: April 20th, 2012

· Improved IDM categories. Added a feature to create categories for specific sites
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 3 Beta: April 13th, 2012

· Improved Advanced browser integration
· Improved HTML5 video detection in IE 9 & 10 on Youtube



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 2 Beta: April 5th, 2012

· Improved Advanced browser integration
· Improved Youtube video downloading from Google Chrome
· Improved Site Grabber



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.11 Build 1 Beta: April 5th, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 13
· Added support for SeaMonkey 2.8
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.10 Build 2: April 5th, 2012

· Fixed a bug in IE integration module because of which "Tracking Protection Lists" feature of Internet Explorer did not work properly



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.10 Beta: April 5th, 2012

· Fixed compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 10 beta



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.09 Build 3: February 24th, 2012

· Improved downloading from file sharing sites
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.09 Beta: February 8th, 2012

· Added support for Firefox 11 and Firefox 12
· Improved Advanced Browser Integration



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.08 Build 9: January 30th, 2012

· Added support for new types of video streaming sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.08 Build 8: January 17th, 2012

· Redesigned video stream recognition for web players. Added support for new types of video streaming sites
· Added support for Filesonic changes
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 16: December 30th, 2011

· Added support for Filesonic changes
· Added Firefox 10 support
· Added socks support



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.08 Build 5 Beta: December 28th, 2011

· Added Firefox 10 support
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.08 Build 2 Beta: December 20th, 2011

· Added socks support
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.08 Build 1 Beta: November 26th, 2011

· Redesigned video stream recognition for web players.
· Added support for new types video sites
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 15: November 15th, 2011

· Added support for Firefox 9
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 14: October 25th, 2011

· Added support for new domain names of filesonic site
· Added digest authorization for web sites
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 12: October 3rd, 2011

· Added support for Firefox 8
· Improved video discovery on youtube
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 11: October 3rd, 2011

· Added video stream recognition for several new web players
· Fxied a critical bug in 64bit versions of Windows



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 10: September 8th, 2011

· Resolved the problem with expiration of download links on youtube. Fixed automatic updating of download addresses
· Added digest authentication for proxy authorization
· Added rtmp resume for many sites where IDM could not resume in the past
· Improved downloading for the sites which generate temporary download links



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 9: August 30th, 2011

· Added support for Firefox 7
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 8: August 9th, 2011

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 7: August 2nd, 2011

· Enhanced "Speed Limiter". Added the feature to set an individual limit for every download
· Redesigned "Download progress" dialog, added new tabs and the possibility to disable tabs that are not necessary for you
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 5: August 2nd, 2011

· Added support for Firefox 6
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 3: July 15th, 2011

· Enhanced "start download" dialog
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 2: July 10th, 2011

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.07: July 8th, 2011

· Added additional options on "Download progress" dialog
· Made a workaround for odd characters in file names when downloading from youtube
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.06 Beta 5: May 31st, 2011

· Added support for Firefox 5
· Resolved problems with foreign versions of Windows when a username contains hieroglyphs or other Unicode characters
· Improved advanced browser integration
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 14: April 26th, 2011

· Enhanced new download progress bar
· Fixed several bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.06 Beta: April 23rd, 2011

· Advanced browser integration has been significantly amended.
· Improved automatic interception of downloads, enhanced video stream detection in Chrome, Opera and in other browsers which are integrated with network driver



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 12: April 22nd, 2011

· Enhanced Download progress dialog. The download progress bar was redesigned in 3d style. Added support for Windows Aero theme for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
· Fixed several bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 11: April 6th, 2011

· Improved IE integration
· Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 10: March 29th, 2011

· Made a workaround to resolve compatibility problems of IDM network drivers with antiviral software drivers which caused some sites to load slowly in browsers



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 8: March 18th, 2011

· Fixed "Download all links with IDM" menu crashing IE 9
· Fixed critical bug in IE integration module
· Improved audio and video recognition for several sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 7: March 16th, 2011

· Fixed compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 9 Final



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 5: March 11th, 2011

· Resolved IE integration problems
· Fixed bugs with file name renaming



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 3: March 4th, 2011

· Fixed a bug with incorrect replacement of file extensions
· Added support for new download interface on Filesonic sites
· Improved video recognition in IE9



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 2: February 14th, 2011

· Improved recognition of audio and video streams in web players
· Improved download resuming when a download link has expired
· Improved processing of https protocol
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 1: February 2nd, 2011

· Fixed a critical bug that may crash Windows Explorer or a browser when a user moves the slider on the timeline in a web player on YouTube
· Improved IDM download engine



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.04 Build 3: January 26th, 2011

· Resolved several problems when advanced browser integration was unable to turn on
· Fixed downloading with several web sites
· Added a display of download progress on IDM icon on the taskbar of Windows 7



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.04 Build 2: December 23rd, 2010

· Added support for several browsers
· Improved compatibility with Proxomitron web filter



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.04 Build 1: December 22nd, 2010

· Added full support for 64-bit browsers
· Improved web players detection for some sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.03 Beta 11: November 26th, 2010

· Improved advanced integration compatibility with LavaSoft Firewall and Kaspersky antivirus products



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.03 Beta 7: November 13th, 2010

· Fixed several bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.03 Beta 6: November 10th, 2010

· Improved advanced integration compatibility with ZoneAlarm and several other Security applications



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.03 Beta 3: November 1st, 2010

· Fixed BSOD related bugs
· Improved advanced integration compatibility with AVG and Avast Internet Security



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.03 Beta 1: October 1st, 2010

· Added a workaround for rapidshare.com site changes
· Improved processing of downloads from several file sharing sites
· Fixed Firefox 4 compatibility problems



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.02 Beta: September 9th, 2010

· Added capture of new video formats in online media players
· Fixed system crashes caused by advanced integration driver



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta Build 6: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed advanced browser integration compatibility issue with Kaspersky antivirus (Windows 7)
· Fixed compatibility problems with Avira Security Suite and Avast Internet Security
· Fixed problem with browser not loading individual pages on some web sites served by MS IIS



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta Build 5: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed advanced browser integration compatibility issue with NOD32 Antivirus
· Fixed problem with browsers not opening hotmail.com and other pages (Windows XP)
· Fixed problem downloading from download.com and other sites
· Better detection of media players embedded into web pages
· Fixed minor bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta Build 4: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed random system crashes (Windows XP)
· Fixed minor bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta Build 3: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed system freeze after installing third-party TDI drivers (Windows XP)
· Fixed IE8 stalls on certain web sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta Build 2: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed system freeze with Ad Muncher installed (Windows 7)
· Fixed minor bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.01 Beta: September 3rd, 2010

· Fixed compatibility problems with all major browsers including Google Chrome.
· Added IDM video download panel for all major browsers
· Improved FLV grabber to save videos from web players on YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 6.0 Beta: July 27th, 2010

· Fixed compatibility problems with different browsers including Google Chrome.
· Improved FLV grabber to save videos from web players on YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.19 Build 3: May 26th, 2010

· Improved Windows 7 compatibility
· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.19 Build 2: April 30th, 2010

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.19: April 28th, 2010

· Fixed a security vulnerability
· Added "Download panel" for selected links on a web-page



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Build 7: January 21st, 2010

· Fixed several bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Build 5: November 11th, 2009

· Fixed critical bugs.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Build 4: November 11th, 2009

· Added automatic interception of downloads for various file hosting web sites
· Fixed Windows 98 compatibility problems started from 5.18 build 1, introduced by processing of site names in foreign languages



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Build 3: November 11th, 2009

· Fixed a critical security vulnerability
· Added the ability to get back using old IDM triangle icon in system tray. The icon can be returned by using "View->IDM tray icon->Classic style" menu item



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Build 2: November 11th, 2009

· Fixed bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.18 Beta: August 11th, 2009

· Added support for Chinese, Japanese and other East Asian languages. Improved FLV grabber to save videos from web players



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.17 Build 5: May 27th, 2009

· We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.
· Fixed a bug with NTLM authorization and several others



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.17 Build 4: May 19th, 2009

· We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.
· Added "Add batch download from clipboard" menu item to "Tasks" menu
· Significantly revised parsing of http protocol headers. Besides increasing download speed, it also solved problems with flaw programmed firewalls and antiviral software. In particular "CA Internet Security Suite" has a serious bug in its network filters, because of which IDM versions from 5.16 till 5.17.3 could not parse headers and download some files correctly.



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.17 Build 3: May 8th, 2009

· We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.
· Improved media file recognition in web players in Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers
· Fixed several bugs



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.15 Build 2: November 24th, 2008

· Added workarounds for the sites where IDM had download problems
· Resolved several issues related to taking over downloads on Windows Vista
· Fixed bugs with "Download with IDM" menu on Firefox 3.x
· Version 5.15 build 2 includes all latest bug fixes



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.07 Beta 3: December 20th, 2006

· this version fixes conflicts of "Advanced browser integration" with Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and with several Internet applications



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.06 Beta: October 24th, 2006

· Redeveloped IDM "Advanced browser integration" from scratch and fixed conflicts of "Advanced browser integration" with Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and with several Internet applications



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.05: September 5th, 2006

· the site grabber,
· XP visual styles,
· new 3D look,
· enhanced download engine



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.04 build 6: August 29th, 2006

· Fixed bugs when taking over some complex download links from web browsers



What's new in Internet Download Manager 5.03 Build 2: July 22nd, 2006

· New version adds support for MMS protocol and the site grabber feature.
· It lets you download required files that are specified with filters, for example all pictures from a web site, or subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for offline browsing.
· It's 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.
· The new version also adds redesigned and enhanced download engine, the unique integration into all latest browsers and other Internet programs, improved toolbar, enhanced virus protection on download completion, improved link capturing logic, support for XP visual styles, and a wealth of other improvements and bug fixes.