Windows 7: I would wish to know if this is trustworthy to download?

Hi,
I come here as my most trustworthy site to check for anthing to do with my computer.
I find the free software suggested very helpful note of worthy.

I am on the look out for a free you tube downloader and came here to find one.
It may be I have not looked in the correct place but could not find and hence the following question. I am sorry if I posted this has broken any rules and please remove it if you feel so..

I find at the following site porported to have a freeware and I wish to know if this could be trusted?
Download Managers - Download.com

my experience is that cnet/download.com are reliable in so far as the files are clean and not viral.
I can not speak to the specific applications as I've never needed a download manager, I have super fast internet.

There are also plugins for firefox and chrome for download management.
If you use one of those two browsers you might want to try doing it that way first.

if you use firefox then try this add on, it puts a download button under the videos and when clicked gives achoice of format ,mp3 ,flv etc.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...37/?src=search

I think he was looking for a general download management app. not a video ripper.

fair enough,
i dont know if the download managers software you linked us to is safe, but here is a link for a youtube downloader if you use firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...37/?src=search

Real Player also offers downloading videos from Youtube, you need to move your mouse cursor on the screen to see the download button.
Besides there is also this open source software that does several things including conversion to other files. Free Download Manager | Features

I am sorry for not being clear in my first post.
boohbah & mach 04 interpreting my assumptions correct.

Thank you Maguscreed too.

Regards

Cnet hasn't been relevant for a decade or so. If you are looking for freeware, there's no better than MajorGeeks.com.

If you are using Firefox as your browser this is the best Video downloader. It works on most sites. DownloadHelper - Media download Firefox extension

In my personal experience, CNET has never given me bad software. So go for it.
But I'll recommend Orbit Downloader. It also has a program built in that downloads video from Youtube and other streaming media sites.