Great News, FlashGet IS FREEWARE!

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FlashGet 1.72 build 128

by Amazesoft - 2.4MB (Freeware)

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FlashGet is a freeware download manager (formerly shareware,adware) for Microsoft Windows. It is extremely popular, and the standard download manager in China and many other places.

Features

* Integration with web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Avant Browser

* Can download a sequence of files

* Integrated web crawler

* Language support

* Support MMS and RTSP downloads.

* Manages downloaded files easily.

* Automatically search for the fastest server available for the fastest

possible downloads.

* The ability to split files into up to 10 parts, with each part downloading simultaneously.

* Superior ease-of-use. FlashGet's interface is logical, integrated, informative and customizable. Queue your downloads with FlashGet's logical queuing system.

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What's new in FlashGet Version 1.72 build 128

* All free !!!

* Context menu add to Opera 8.x

* some fine changes

* bug fixed

Important: Flashget is freeware now. Some anti-virus & spyware removal programs like AVAST, PEST PATROL, SPYWARE DOCTOR may detect false positives in FlashGet. If you are ever in doubt click here to run a full system scan with Webroot Spy Sweeper, or contact your software vendor for advice.

Download FlashGet 1.72 build 128

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=461

http://www.download.com/FlashGet/3000-2017...&tag=button

http://down5.flashget.com/fgf172.exe

http://down6.flashget.com/fgf172.exe

http://down2.flashget.com/fgf172.exe

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ElectricDemon

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Man....flashget (used to be jetcar)... Back in the day of 56k flat-rate and 2hr cut offs..

I used this for hefty downloads, left it running overnight to download 'huge' files. I set it to redial my ISP when the connection dropped.

Might check it out again. It rocked back then (with the ads removed via adaware), I'm sure it rocks even more now

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wynaut

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Just got it to integrate into Opera 9. Ran a quick scan but found nothing suspicious. There aren't even ads anywhere in the program window. (to primexx: what adware did you detect?). Memory usage was below 2mb on my ageing system. However, Download Express still remains my favourite - it has never created a corrupted file for me.

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Just got it to integrate into Opera 9. Ran a quick scan but found nothing suspicious. There aren't even ads anywhere in the program window. (to primexx: what adware did you detect?). Memory usage was below 2mb on my ageing system. However, Download Express still remains my favourite - it has never created a corrupted file for me.

I dont know which adware it detected, basically avast identified one of the dlls as adware during the installation process.

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CoolCatBad

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Apparently the adware warning simply concerns fgiebar.dll, which adds a FlashGet toolbar to IE. Nothing to worry about but they should make this clear on their website.

I will happily use this now that it's freeware, you can get a plugin for automating downloads in Firefox, even though it's called an Opera Plugin, here

http://www.flashget.com/en/browser.htm

Just point to your Firefox plugins folder during install.

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Chode

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Should change the title from "FREEWARE" to "ADWARE"

I just installed it on my other computer thinking that it was clean....adware was detected before installation even completed.

What you people want to do is up to you, but I've already uninstalled it.

Thanks for the headsup (Y)

FDM remains for me.

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