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Should I remove Internet Download Accelerator?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
71% remove it29% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #32,841
United States Rank #45,537
Reach 0.0039%

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.14 100.00%

Internet Download Accelerator version 5.14

What is Internet Download Accelerator?

Internet Download Accelerator, often called IDA, is a download manager for Microsoft Windows, created by a Ukrainian software company, WestByte Software. IDA integrates with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Apple Safari and all web browsers that are built based on these, such as Maxthon. Once these browsers started a download, IDA takes over. It can also take over the download of streaming video from websites like Youtube. Alternatively, it can accept a list of URLs from the clipboard or through drag and drop.

About  (from WestByte)

Internet Download Accelerator is an easy-to-use and effective download manager that can increase download speed by up to 500 percent. It uses intellectual multi-section download technology to provide the best possible performance for all connection types, resumes broken downloads, supports FTP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols...  Read more

Overview

Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is ida.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 13 files and is usually about 14.79 MB (15,508,762 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.westbyte.com
Help link: www.westbyte.com/ida
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\IDA\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\IDA\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 14.79 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Internet Download Accelerator version 5.14

Program executable:ida.exe
Name:Internet Download Accelerator
Signed by:Download Master
Path:C:\Program Files\IDA\ida.exe
MD5:fd7c126a584d3c1b328d93be2c9d9091
Additional files:
  • npida.dll - Internet Download Accelerator click monitoring plug-in
  • idasetup.exe - Internet Download Accelerator (Internet Download Accelerator Setup)
  • idabar.dll - IDABar
  • idaie.dll
  • idaiehlp.dll - IE 4.x-6.x BHO for Internet Download Accelerator
  • unzip32.dll (by Info-ZIP) - Info-ZIP's UnZip Windows DLL (Info-ZIP's UnZip DLL for Win32)
  • unrar.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - RAR decompression library
  • bcheck.dll (by Yandex) - Bar Checker (Bar Checker DLL)
  • downloader.exe - Setup Downloader
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe - MRT Setup
  • ypsetdm.exe (by Microsoft) - Windows Installer XML (Software Installer)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Google Chrome Plugin
  • npida.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npida.dll'.
Internet Explorer BHO
  • idaiehlp.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Searchqu Toolbar' with the class of {99079a25-328f-4bd4-be04-00955acaa0a7}.
Internet Explorer Extension
  • ida.exe is installed as an Internet Explorer extension using the class {9819CC0E-9669-4D01-9CD7-2C66DA43AC6C}.
2 Internet Explorer Toolbars
  • idabar.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'IDA Bar' with the class of {C70E30C7-140A-4166-A2E8-43557E62B41A}.
  • idaiehlp.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Searchqu Toolbar' with the class of {99079a25-328f-4bd4-be04-00955acaa0a7}.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
  • idabar.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'IDA Bar' with a class of {C70E30C7-140A-4166-A2E8-43557E62B41A}.
Startup File (User Run)
  • ida.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Internet Download Accelerator' and executes as C:\Program Files\IDA\ida.exe -autorun.

How do I remove Internet Download Accelerator?

You can uninstall Internet Download Accelerator from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Internet Download Accelerator version 5.14, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Internet Download Accelerator.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Internet Download Accelerator version 5.14 you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win 7 1%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 71%
Keep it 29%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 75.32%
Windows XP 14.29%
Windows Vista 6.49%
Windows 10 3.90%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 45.45%
Windows 7 Home Premium 19.48%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.29%
Windows 7 Professional 7.79%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.19%
Windows 8 Pro 3.90%

Distribution by countryGeography

38.82% of installs come from Iran
Which countries install it?
  Iran 38.82%
  United States 21.18%
  Italy 4.71%
  Brazil 2.35%
  Germany 2.35%
  India 2.35%
  TN 2.35%
  UA 2.35%
  Australia 1.18%
  BF 1.18%
  Chile 1.18%
  Colombia 1.18%
  Czech Republic 1.18%
  DZ 1.18%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.08%
Acer 15.38%
ASUS 15.38%
Dell 12.31%
GIGABYTE 10.77%
Toshiba 10.77%
American Megatrends 9.23%
Lenovo 1.54%
Alienware 1.54%
Common models
Dell Inspiron N5010 4.62%
HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... 3.08%
TOSHIBA Satellite L650 3.08%
TOSHIBA Satellite L305 3.08%
HP ProBook 4530s 3.08%
TOSHIBA Satellite P755 1.54%

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Humanover a year ago
Internet Download Accelerator can download any thing like (Programs) (Archives) (Music) (Video) It's good downloader and it's free adware spyware virus and any threats