Flashget is now freeware

[masu]

Grab your copy here

http://www.amazesoft.com/en/download.htm 

[m_s]

Is FlashGet any better than FreeDownloadManager?

[m_s]

On Wikipedia, it lists FlashGet as containing 'Cydoor Pop-up ads' - if this is true, I'm dumping it straight away!  They also say it costs $29.99, so maybe their information is outdated?

[masu]

I installed it and Spybot find no spyware.
the Download with.. menu is better than in FDM

[nudone]

thanks for the info. always liked flashget.

[m_s]

I found this second entry on Wikipedia, which reads: 'Note: In version 1.72, the Cydoor ads removed.'

[JavaJones]

Hmm, I liked Flashget quite a bit a few years ago, if I recall. Stopped using it because of Adware, etc. issues. But free again? I may just have to check it out! Maybe I'll fall in love with it like I did with Opera when it became free.

- Oshyan

[app103]

let me know if it's safe to upgrade...I am still running a pre-1.0 version that is so old that it doesn't have ads any more...and it never had the spyware in it.

I have always loved flashget.

[masu]

the new version definately have no spyware.
its safe to upgrade 

[f0dder]

No ads either? What's the catch? 

[nudone]

anyone know how to make flashget auto close sooner than the default 15 seconds after it has finished downloading files?

[masu]

No ads either? What's the catch? 

-f0dder (June 08, 2006, 04:10 PM)

there is none 

[jgpaiva]

I've been using flashget since yesterday, and i must say i'm pretty happy with it.
No ads, no spyware, etc, only places hooks on web browser, to detect downloads, i think, but i didn't allow them to be placed.
It's quite good, i like the fact that it helps organizing the downloads.

[f0dder]

only places hooks on web browser, to detect downloads, i think, but i didn't allow them to be placed.

Yeah, it did that even before it turned shareware/adware/whatever, so the hooks shouldn't be a problem. And it does work fine without them, although you'll miss a few features (that I used so rarely, anyway, that I don't even know what they are ).