Orbit Downloader

Orbit Downloader is a freeware, proprietary and graphical download manager with a hidden function of performing DDoS attacks carried out without the user's consent and knowledge,http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/08/21/orbital-decay-the-dark-side-of-a-popular-file-downloading-tool/ Orbital Decay: the darkweb of a infamous file downloading tool available for Windows family operating systems. One of the main lures to install the program is the ability to download video files from sites such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Metacafe, a defunct Israeli video-sharing website that was launched in July 2003, and redirected to www.videohubs.com on 28 August 2021, following its closure. Since version 4.1.1.5, Orbit Downloader has included an orbitdm.exe component, which connects to the program's website, from where it gets two addresses. From one it downloads the location of the malicious DLL file, while from the other it gets more addresses.

The DLL takes a veiled configuration and performs DDoS attacks on targets provided within it.http://www.dobreprogramy.pl/Popularny-Orbit-Downloader-DDoSowal-na-zamowienie,News,45945.html Popular Orbit downloader DDoS-ed to order Eset classifies it as a Trojan Win32/DDoS Orbiter.A.

Officially, the program supports protocols:

 HTTP
 HTTPS
 FTP
 Metalink
 RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol)
 PNM
 MMS (Microsoft Media Services)
 RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol)

Orbit Downloader works with many browsers, including: Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Netscape and Google Chrome.

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 Other websites 

 Orbit Downloader (offline)
Category:Botnets