00:00 Aug 21, 2009
Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package
Platform : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
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Manufacturer: SpeedBit
Size: 10.6MB
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Verdict: A great antivirus and antispyware program at no cost
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is a download manager that also claims to increase download speeds by up to 300 per cent.
DAP performs this trick by locating the most responsive server using a proximity test, and by splitting the file(s) into several segments and accessing them from multiple sources if necessary.
In our tests with an ADSL connection, DAP was only faster in a handful of occasions, but always saved you the trouble of manually selecting the fastest or closest server.
More usefully, DAP is also a download manager, which is a tool many of us have forgotten about. Today most people download files into a variety of locations where they can often become lost.
DAP keeps track of them all and also provides a handy history of what you've downloaded and when.
DAP will additionally recover and resume a download which has been interrupted by a broken connection. Very handy even if it doesn't necessarily make your Internet connection feel much faster.
Note a Premium version is available. This Free version contains adverts.
This latest v9 will now enable you to download videos, convert downloaded videos for portable devices and much more
Issue: 137 | June, 2012