This forum requires users to login over HTTP rather than HTTPS and posting things on the forum while logged in is also done over HTTP. This is very insecure, the passwords are being sent as plaintext over the Internet. Please switch your forums to HTTPS so they are secure. The download and informati...

Ability to override User-agent string, possibilities include reading the User-agent string from the web browser and using the same one, letting the user type in their own User-agent string, and having a list of User-agent strings for the most popular web browsers on the user's current operating syst...

Today marks 1 year from the the last update of FDM 5.0 IS IT DEAD ???? BUT IT WAS VERY GOOD PLEASE UPDATE IT No it is not dead, you should read this earlier post from this comment thread (on the same page, too): Dear all, our programmers are diligently working on development of a new extension for ...

Free Download Manager works with most major web browsers, including Opera 12 and earlier. However, Opera 15 has come out, based on the same Chromium code as Google Chrome. It has a different Add-On/extension API than earlier versions of Opera. Earlier versions of Opera and Opera 15 can coexist on th...

Thank you Usher, the rules from FAQ worked in getting me Firefox Plugin version 1.5.7.6. I already had the newest Firefox (17.0) and newest Free Download Manager (3.9.1 build 1268) but was stuck with the old plugin, version 1.5.7.5. Here is how I fixed it: 1. I went to Firefox Addons in Firefox, fou...

Firefox has blocked the plugin, see here for the error message they show to end users and here for the bugzilla entry that got this filed (they blocked it earlier today). Apparently the #3 most common reason for Firefox version 17.0 to crash was Free Download Manager plugin version 1.5.7.5. Supposed...

This website can be used to convert magnet links into torrent files that are usable with the current version of Free Download Manager: http://magnet2torrent.me/ I would suggest that people use this until magnet links are supported directly in Free Download Manager. I have tested and used this with T...