Developer(s) Innoshock Platform IA-32 | Operating system Type Download manager | |
Initial release 8 November 2006; 10 years ago (2006-11-08) Stable release 4.1.1.19 (17 January 2014; 3 years ago (2014-01-17)) [±] | ||
Orbit Downloader is a download manager for Microsoft Windows. One of the main features of the program is its ability to grab and download embedded Flash Video files from sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, etc. Orbit Downloader also accelerates downloads by acting as a peer-to-peer client, utilizing bandwidth of other users.
Orbit Downloader supports downloading from HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Metalink, RTSP, MMS and RTMP protocols. Orbit Downloader supports Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers.
Funding and controversy
Although Orbit Downloader is free, it is an advertising-supported product since it offers to change the web browser's homepage upon installation and also offers to install software that are not critical for its operation. Also it has begun to display built-in ads inside the program main window and when a dialog of a finished download appears.
Furthermore, it has been reported that since version 4.1.1.15 Orbit Downloader includes a botnet-like module which performs DDoS attacks without the user's knowledge or permission. Because of this dubious behavior, it is being detected as a virus by security companies. There has been no independent confirmation that this module had been removed in current versions since 4.1.1.19.