
An updated review gave IDM a rating of 5 out of 5 stars again. An extended review has been done by Softpedia in March 2014 giving the software 4 out of 5 stars, but criticized IDM for not having released a major version since 2010. Softpedia gave IDM a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, complementing on its convenience, effectiveness & diversity of options. In CNET, IDM received a user rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,909 votes.


IDM supports a wide range of proxy servers such as firewall, FTP, and HTTP protocols, cookies, MP3 audio and MPEG video processing. The promise is 30 percent smaller and faster client downloads for updates and other capabilities that Microsoft says will make life easier for Windows admins. It can use full bandwidth, and contains recovery and resume capabilities to continue downloading files that were interrupted due to a loss of network connection or other unexpected failures. Next month Microsoft will start offering on-prem Unified Update Platform (UUP), which promises to deliver smaller and faster uploads of Windows updates. IDM is a tool that manages and schedules downloads. It is only available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Internet Download Manager (also called IDM) is a shareware download manager software application owned by American company Tonec, Inc.
