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Multron Download Manager v0.0.6
A portable Windows version and the Multron Cloud scan.
Portable Windows version
Next to the installer there is now Multron-Download-Manager-0.0.6-x64-portable.zip. Extract it anywhere, for example on a USB stick, and run multron-download-manager.exe. Nothing is installed:
- Settings, the download list, torrents and updates are kept in the
datafolder next to the program, not in your user folder. - The portable copy updates itself in place with the signed portable package, and your
datafolder is kept. Every update is checked with the same signature as the installer. - Delete
portable.txtto make the copy use the normal per-user folders instead. - A browser extension that is already installed, for example from the installed version, connects to the portable copy too: Multron Download Manager asks you once to Allow it.
Multron Cloud scan (testing)
Finished downloads can now also be scanned with Multron Cloud, the cloud scan from Multron Win Cleaner (viruskov.com OPEN-EDR engine). It runs separately from your antivirus on Windows, macOS and Linux, and its result is shown on the download as its own Multron Cloud badge next to the antivirus result.
- Off by default. Turn it on under Options › Security › Multron Cloud scan after you accept the Cloud Malware Scan License Agreement.
- Hash first. The SHA-256 of each file is checked first. Only a file the cloud has not seen yet is uploaded for analysis.
- Upload limit. Files up to 15 MB are uploaded by default; you can raise the limit to 100 MB. Larger files are only checked by their hash and are never uploaded.
- Private folders stay private. Your user name is replaced with
%USERPROFILE%in the folder that is sent with a file, and the full path is not sent. - The cloud scan is a test version and may report false positives, so check a detection before you delete a file.
Safer opening and clearer scan results
- Programs no longer start with a double-click. Double-clicking a downloaded program (.exe, .msi, scripts, installers) used to run it right away, which was easy to do by accident. Now it does nothing unless you turn on Options › Security › Start programs with a double-click. The open button still opens it, and other files open as usual.
- See why a file was not scanned. Click the antivirus or Multron Cloud badge on a download to see the reason, for example that no antivirus is turned on or that the file is over the upload limit. The details panel at the bottom shows both results as well.
Updating
Earlier versions update themselves to this version the next time they start.
For signed updates see the v0.0.5 release; for the browser extension that updates itself the v0.0.4 release; and for everything that came with the first release the v0.0.1 release.
Downloads
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows 10/11 (x64) | Multron-Download-Manager-*-x64-Setup.exe |
| Windows 10/11 (x64), portable | Multron-Download-Manager-*-x64-portable.zip → extract anywhere (for example a USB stick) and run multron-download-manager.exe; settings stay in its data folder |
| macOS Apple Silicon | *_aarch64.dmg |
| macOS Intel | *_x64.dmg |
| Ubuntu 24.04+ / Mint 22+ / Debian 13+ (apt) | *_amd64.deb / *_arm64.deb → sudo apt install ./file.deb |
| Debian 12 bookworm / LMDE 6 (apt) | *_debian12_amd64.deb / *_debian12_arm64.deb → sudo apt install ./file.deb |
| Fedora 43+ (dnf) | *_fedora_x86_64.rpm / *_fedora_aarch64.rpm → sudo dnf install ./file.rpm |
| openSUSE Leap 16 / Tumbleweed (zypper) | *_opensuse_x86_64.rpm / *_opensuse_aarch64.rpm → sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./file.rpm |
| Any Linux | *.AppImage |
| Browser extension | multron-browser-extension-chromium-*.zip (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi) / multron-browser-extension-firefox-*.zip |
Every file is listed with its SHA-256 in update.json, which is signed with the Multron Download Manager release key (update.json.sig). Verify a download with node scripts/verify-update.mjs update.json update.json.sig <file> from the repository, or check its build provenance with gh attestation verify <file> --repo Multron-Community/Multron-Download-Manager. SHA256SUMS.txt lists the same hashes without a signature.
macOS builds are not notarized: right-click → Open the first time, or run xattr -cr "/Applications/Multron Download Manager.app".