License Ĭontrary to the license, some source files are not publicly available. This feature was never provided in an official build, but was supported by a few nightly builds. In June 2013, JDownloader's ability to download copyrighted and protected RTMPE streams was considered illegal by a German court. In response a link to the non-adware version was made available but only in a forum post. The JDownloader installation contains adware according to several sources, including the developer's own forums. Mid-2012 there were complaints that JDownloader's installer added adware without the user's consent. While support for the original JDownloader still exists on forums, the official site only lists JDownloader 2. In 2011, JDownloader was superseded by its successor, JDownloader 2. German online magazine designated it 'newcomer of the year' in 2009, after it ranked among the top 50 most downloaded applications, with over half a million downloads in a year. In December 2009 the program's website was in the top 1000 visited websites of Spain. JDownloader supports the use of premium accounts. On top of this, the installer tries to coax you into install Avast Antivirus software it might be a great security tool, but bundleware like this is never welcome.JDownloader is a download manager, written in Java, which allows automatic download of groups of files from one-click hosting sites. Mega tries to get you to install its own download software, and not everyone will have the software required to decompress the RAR file. The download of JDownloader itself is a bit annoying because the installer is hosted on Mega, and is supplied in RAR format.

Downloads can be paused and resumed, transfers can be scheduled, and as an added bonus the program is available for multiple platforms.

JDownloader can automate the entire process for you – just provide the initial link and everything else will taken care of for you. This means that the likes of Mega, Rapidshare and so on are no longer a pain – even if they feature irritations such as CAPTCHAS and time limits before download links can be clicked. JDownloader is a free, open source tool that makes it quicker and easier to download files from hosting sites.

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