# Recommend a free downlaod manager.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211 "2004-04-27T02:50:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211/1 "2004-04-27T02:50:05Z")

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That’s it really. I need a new download manager, just something so I can shut my machine down halfway through a download without losing everything,

There’s lots of free stuff out there, but can anyone name one that works and doesn’t have spyware or other bugs?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211/2 "2004-04-27T03:00:22Z")

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I like [Fresh Download](http://www.freshdevices.com/):

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> Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager that turbo charges downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite mp3 files, software, picture collections, video, etc. Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners, no spyware.

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**Author:** ![micco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@micco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micco)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211/3 "2004-04-27T14:49:39Z")

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I really like [GetRight](http://www.getright.com/). It’s one of the few shareware apps that made me want to go pay them the fee for doing such a good job.

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**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211/4 "2004-04-27T15:34:59Z")

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[Here is a list of download managers](http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=articles&detail=download-managers) , which includes info on which ones have spyware.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-downlaod-manager/242211/5 "2004-04-27T15:50:11Z")

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> [@micco](#):
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> I really like [GetRight](http://www.getright.com/). It’s one of the few shareware apps that made me want to go pay them the fee for doing such a good job.

I heartily second this. GetRight is really excellent. I tried quite a few back when I first had a terrible dialup connection, and this was by far the best of the lot.