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It is an official extension developed by Tonec Inc. (the maker of IDM) that acts as a bridge between your Chrome browser and the IDM desktop application. It intercepts download links and streaming media so IDM can take over.

Chrome flags the extension as "unsupported" because it is not hosted on the Chrome Web Store (if installed via IDM directly). add on idm google chrome

Many users wonder why they cannot just copy and paste links into IDM manually. While that is possible, the add-on transforms your browsing experience: It is an official extension developed by Tonec Inc