How To Remove ‘IDM Has Been Registered With The Fake Serial Number ’ Error?

Are you facing any problem in downloading files through IDM.Does IDM shows you a error message that it has been registered with a fake serial number.The this article is all about that.You can remove that error easily and can again start downloading your files from the internet.The internet download manager is the most popular among every one.It provides great downloading speed and resume support so, no one can think about leaving it for really a very simple problem.The message is like: IDM has been registered with Fake serial Number.I have described the fix of the issue in two different methods.So you can try both of these and see which one works for you.

Method 1: Tweaking with IDM files.

Step 1. Open 'My Computer' and navigate to 'C' Drive then open 'Program Files' There you will find a folder named 'Internet  Download Manager' open the folder and you will see a window like below.

Step 2. In that window You have to copy the file named 'idmBroker' and paste this file in the same folder.And Delete That file i.e 'IDMGrHlp'.

Step 3.  Now Rename the copied file of 'idmBroker.exe' to 'IDMGrHlp.exe' as shown in the below image.

Step 4. Now it's time to restart your system for the changes to take effect.Now you won't face any problem in downloading any file again.

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Method 2: Play with Hosts File

Step 1. Open 'My Computer' and navigate to ‘C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\’.You will find 5 Files and you need to Play with File named 'hosts' nRight click on the file and click on 'Open With' >> 'Notepad'.

Step 2. After Opening the file with notepad.Just copy the below given line and paste it at the end of the 'hosts' File and it will look like the below image.

127.0.0.1           tonec.com
127.0.0.1           www.tonec.com
127.0.0.1           registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           www.registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           secure.registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           www.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           secure.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           mirror.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           mirror2.internetdownloadmanager.com127.0.0.1           mirror3.internetdownloadmanager.com

Step 3. Now Just Restart your computer to apply this effect.Enjoy downloading without any problem.

By using this trick you will be able to use idm without registering idm online.

Thats all! about How to remove error 'idm has been registered with a fake serial number'.Now you will not find any such messsage again.But if you are still facing any such problem please let us know and we will try to solve it.

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