what downloading handlers are there other than jdownloader?

[deadlegion]

well i decided to use that "malicious" webinstaller to install jd2 and it works fine now. ran a security scan and nothing was picked up (super antispyware plus) and i have malwarebytesw always runing. so i have everything fine for now

Yeah, many people have installed JD2 just fine.
I think Zorlon may even be using it not sure.

I haven't needed to use JD2 yet, but I might install it on another desktop I have running win7 64bit at some stage.

[Ragnar]

I don't think I've heard complaints about JD2's installer. Which might explain the issue with them, they might've intentionally borked the installer to get everybody to move to JD2. Which would be world class stupid....

Ever since JDownloader updated it would not run any more, uninstalled it then tried to reinstall it with the offline installer, wouldn't install.

What do you mean by wouldn't run? I just updated mine the other day and I've noticed a few hosts that I'm sure worked before the update are tossing me plugin out of date errors now It's still working though, and it's just a handful of hosts.

[markbarkins]

You could try JDownloader 2. It's currently in beta but is way better than V1.

[XC-3730C]

Jdownloader 2 also has adware

[Cookie Monster]

Please, don't revive old threads.