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.
Video Orbit Downloader
Funding and malicious conduct
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.
On 21 August 2013, the We Live Security blog, published by the ESET security company, 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 malware. Following this report, download websites BetaNews, Download.com, DownloadCrew, MajorGeeks, Softpedia and Softonic disabled its download. Betanews tried to reach out to the developers but discovered that their last blog activity had been in 2009 and the Orbit community forum has since been left to the spammer.
Maps Orbit Downloader
See also
- Comparison of download managers
- Real Time Messaging Protocol
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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