How to remove "IDM has been registered with the fake serial number" error?

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a popular download manager for Windows. The only difference between IDM and other popular download managers is that IDM is a paid software which means that you need to buy it to use it.

We provide you an easy way to fix "IDM has been registered with a fake serial number" or "the serial number has been blocked error message". This is the annoying message that will be shown when you try to download using IDM. Be aware that the cracked product may work incorrectly and download files with errors. Thus we advise you to purchase the full-featured product.

This pop up is really very irritating since it appears every time when you are about to download some file or when you start your system. This error leads you to search for cracked file from torrent and other alternative.

Here are some solutions which you may try before contacting the IDM support team. By the way, this IDM support page lists down some of the problems and their possible solutions but these are not enough to get you out of this situation. You may also try our solutions first.

Method 1: Reg file.

#1. Download and extract "IDM Fake Fixed"

#2. Then run the "Reset (Fixed).exe" as Administrator

#3. Click on "Trial Reset" tab [By default it sets to HELP tab]

#4. Uncheck the "Automatically" box

#5. Click on "Reset the IDM trial now" and wait for the process

Method 2: Tweaking with IDM files.

#1. Open window explorer and go to "C:\Program Files\Internet Downlaod Manager" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Downlaod Manager" on a 64-bit computer.

See the list of files as shown below:



#2. In open window, search and delete "IDMGrHlp.exe" file. And copy "idmBroker.exe" from same folder and paste it in same folder.

#3. Once you done with Step #2. Now rename the copied file of "idmBroker.exe" to "IDMGrHlp.exe" as shown below:



#4. Now last step is to restart your system to apply this effect and enjoy the downloading without any interruption.

Method 3: Editing Hosts File to block IDM updates.

#1. Open window explorer and navigate to folder: "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\".

#2. Open hosts file using a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++

#3. Once you have opened this file in "text editor". In my case I am using "Notepadd++" it doesn’t make any difference.

Now just copy and paste these lines at the end of the "hosts" file:

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.com
127.0.0.1 mirror3.internetdownloadmanager.com

Your code looks like this:

#4. Now just restart your system to see the effect. Enjoy downloading without any interruption.

If you cannot edit host file then use this trick to edit host file which has Read-only property.

Please note that this will disable the update function of Internet Download Manager. You will need to download the latest updates manually.

If you are still getting errors, the best way is to download Internet Download Manager from website again, uninstall the previously installed IDM completely and reinstall IDM using the newly downloaded installer. Thank.