Conflict problems with downloaders

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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After many years using Avast, this year I had to give up on it because of the conflicts I was having with download managers.

First it was with JDownloader2, which caused a lot of issues. So I stopped using JD2, and switched to Mipony.

But a few months ago similar problems started happening with Mipony.

After trying several solutions which didn’t work, I finally desinstalled Avast and the problems were solved. So it was something in Avast that was causing it that I couldn’t pinpoint.

Now I was told that what I should is whitelist the domain of the site where I get my downloads, and whitelist my download manager too. That is whitelist JDownloader2 and Mipony.

Will that solve my problems? How do I do that?

2

Why are you using 3rd party downloaders?
Nowadays almost all browsers have one build in.

And they will not speed up things at all as many people believe.
That is a hoax.
You can’t download faster than your download speed which is given to you by your ISP.

3

I see some advantages in 3rd party downloaders:

  1. Resume downloads.
  2. Ask for file rename before the download starts (or automatic rename if file exists).
  3. Shutdown computer after very long downloads.
  4. Torrent support.
  5. Some of them offer antivirus scanning at the end.
  6. Clipboard monitoring.
  7. Some of them, video downloading support.
4

Oh, I’ve forgot, I suggest http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

5

Tech, that all is possible with Opera.
No need at all for a 3rd party downloader.

6

Oh, but then I need to accept a browser :slight_smile:

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The question is not with 3rd party download managers, but why Avast can’t deal with them and interfere with their job.

Also because they do that job better than any browser manager.

AFAIK, though I maybe wrong on that, browser managers can’t deal with multi-premium accounts like Simply Debrid either, which is what I have.

So again, how can I do for Avast to whitelist the domains and the download manager of my choice? Can we stick to that?

8

This is the problem I have with downloaders :

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=145688.0

9

The problem with using the built in Firefox downloader is that you are given absolutely no indication the download has even started, the progress, the speed and even how big the file you’re downloading actually is. No quick change of the download target folder, no obvious way to pause, continue if disconnected, cancel or delete it either. It is one of the least satisfactory elements of Firefox IMHO and very good reasons for using a purpose designed FireFox download manager.

That is why I use the DownLoadThemAll add-on. This is excellent because it covers all those stated requirements and more. However, unfortunately, some (free) download web site just don’t like it. You’ll get a FireFox document error message instead of the download or a warning you’ve exceeded your download limit even before you’ve started.

Avast though has never given me any problems at all with it.

Because of that occasional DownLoadThemAll issue a long time ago now I also installed Opera. Its built in downloader is far better designed than the FireFox one although not as feature packed as DownLoadThemAll. It has never let me down when the the latter has had problems and has also never caused any conflict with Avast either.

10

Is it possible to limit this discussion to how to solve Avast problems with JDowloader2 or Mipony?

I have no intention of changing onto another download manager program, because those two (when working properly and Avast is not blocking them) do all the things I need a download manager to do.

My question is how I do to whitelist in Avast the program and the domains I visit to download, which is usually uploader, but there might be others.

Or that can’t be done and I have to look for another AV program? Which one?

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It would help if you tell us what part of avast is blocking what.

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I’m not sure what part is blocking what.

At the time I tried disengaging webshield and other parts, but it only got well when I uninstalled Avast.

So this time I was looking for a different approach.