Rapidshare and Hotfile recognize FRD and interfere

I had been using FRD 0.82 for several months - and, it was working very well (very convenient with lots of useful features). However, within the last several days the download speeds for Rapidshare and Hotfile have been severely reduced when using FRD 0.83. First, I reinstalled FRD 0.82 and also noticed the same problem. The problem disappears only when downloading direct from either RS or HF. Is it possible for these sites to recognize FRD and then respond by turning-off a download or severely reducing the speed?

No.

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Vity, thank you for such a swift and detailed response! My attorney would be proud. Unfortunately, the problem persists - but, only with RS and HF. I had hoped to avoid the pain of using proxies...

FRD emulates browser behaviour. It's difficult to recognize robot or human.
The servers are usually overloaded.

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