Star Downloader Pro 1.52

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Star Downloader is a download manager that accelerates your downloads by splitting the files into several parts and downloading them simultaneously. Download speeds are increased further by choosing the fastest mirror sites. You may automatically resume broken downloads if your connection is lost or if your computer accidentally shuts down. With the scheduler, you can download files at certain times of the day. Star Downloader may also automatically connect to your ISP and hang-up upon completion of downloads. To help you organize and manage your downloads there is an advanced category system and an integrated unzipping utility can automatically unzip and install downloaded files. Star Downloader also integrates with your antivirus program to automatically scan files upon completion of the download. Star Downloader supports FTP and HTTP. Proxy is also supported. The clean and simple interface of Star Downloader and the multilingual support for over 50 languages makes it easy for everyone to use!

Star Downloader Pro Features:
• Accelerated Downloads. By splitting the files into several parts and downloading them at the same time you save time. In some cases the acceleration can be several hundreds per cent.
• Categories. There are many ways Star Downloader helps you with organizing your downloads. For example you can easily have files of certain types downloaded automatically to a folder you specify. Also it couldn’t be easier to handle many files since you fast and effectively can filter what to view, by category, download status or time span.
• Browser Integration. If you want, the program can detect clicks on certain file types in the most common browsers and automatically handle the downloads for you.
• Link Leecher. Helps you to download all files of a certain type from a web site.
• Multi-lingual Interface. Star Downloader has been translated into over 50 languages so everyone should be able to understand and take fully advantage of all features!
• Dynamic Mirror Search & Built-in Learning. Alternative servers for your requested files are found and the fastest ones for your location are selected. Also, thanks to advanced algorithms using previous statistics, the more you use the program, the faster it will download!
• Advanced Scheduler. For modem users it can be very useful to have your downloads started and stopped at certain times. No problem – you decide when and what will be downloaded!
• Virus Checking. Just specify the path to your virus checker and everything downloaded will pass through it to weed out any nasty viruses…
• Unzip & Install Function. If you’re downloading ZIP files Star Downloader can automatically decompress them for you. If the ZIP file contains an installation file it can also be launched!
• Built-in Text Viewer. Select a completed download in your list and press F3 and you will be able to view it as text. As an example this is very convenient for people that download guitar tablatures.

Changes in version 1.52:
New Features:
# Add support for Mozilla Firefox.
# Improve integration with Mozilla. The object would be to get functionality similar to the IE integration, e.g. that Star Downloader will use specified extensions instead of hard coded ones.
# Automatic configurations for popular antivirus programs.
# Add the parameter %F for file name in Options/Anti-Virus to satisfy anti-virus programs that needs parameters sent in a certain order. Also add %S for short file name (DOS-style).
# Some minor changes.

Bug Fixes:
# If you use IE6 and add an extension for Star Downloader to intercept, which IE6 normally doesn’t provide a download dialog for, Star Downloader won’t intercept the extension.
# Some minor fixes.

Homepage – http://www.stardownloader.com

Size: 2.56 MB

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