Internet Download Manager (IDM) is an easy  to use tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, r
esume and  schedule downloads. According to the opinions of IDM users Internet  Download Manager 
is a perfect accelerator program to download your  f
avorite software, games, cd, dvd and mp3 music, movies, shareware and  freeware programs much faster!

Internet Download Manager has a built-in download logic accelerator  
that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart  downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. 
Unlike other  download accelerators and managers that segment files before downloading  starts, Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically  
during download process. Internet Download Manager also reuses  available connections without additional connect and login stages to  achieve better acceleration performance. 

Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will also 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 wide customization capabilities,  downloadable skins, visual XP styles, multilingual interface, and  supports proxy servers, FTP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols, firewalls, file  redirects,  directories with authorization, ZIP preview,  categories, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing and a large  number of server platforms. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft  Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, MSN Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla  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.

The site grabber feature of Internet Download Manager not only lets  you download required files that are specified with filters, for example  all pictures from a web site, or all audio files from a web site, but  it also lets you download subsets of web sites, or complete web sites  for mirroring or 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. 

IDM checks for its new version once per week. Once it becomes  available, IDM shows a dialog describing new features and suggests  updating. You can also download the latest version of IDM using Quick  Update tool.

When IDM is working, it shows its pyramid icon on the taskbar. IDM  menu pops up when you right click on IDM icon. You can exit IDM by  picking "exit" in this menu.