Aside from it being the possible source of corruption, the free version of FlashGet is bundled with a spyware application...not something you want roaming around on your computer. While I personally don't use download accelerators, I've heard good things about the free programs Free Download Manager and MetaProducts Download Express, both of which are spyware-free to my knowledge.
Hope this helps,
John
hi fellas,
I'm a download freak and I download a plenty a lot of files off the internet ever since I got an ADSL line configured. But Im having problems with my downloads.
Especially when i download software or archive files ( .rar or .zip and the like ) I realise that once the download is completed they do not open / execute at all. The *.rar files say that the CRC or hash or something is corrupt. This happens frequently with FlashGet Download manager.
A good exapmle is when i tried to download Linux from both ftp and http sites. I tried several times but all the CDs I downloaded had corrupt checksums or whatever you call it.
Therefore cud u recommend me a good download manager that could handle the files without corrupting them while on download ?
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