http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22437
--- Comment #12 from obsolete.fax@gmail.com 2010-04-20 23:00:42 --- (In reply to comment #11)
I noticed two problems when testing the Internet Download Manager program. The first is that IDM tries to do a first-run connection test, but pressing the check button in the test dialog just causes a looping series of dialogs to be displayed, and the second is that a download queued in the main IDM GUI window doesn't seem to be continuable. My inconclusive suspicion is that IDM installs a Winsock layered service provider for its download manager functionality which is breaking on Wine.
IDM tries to do a first-run connection test on Win XP/7. The connection test is successful in Win XP/7.
I believe that the connection test is that download queued in the main IDM GUI window. The reason being when first-run connection test is successful on Win XP/7, there is no download queued in the main IDM GUI window. As such, when the connection test is successful, the test download is deleted from the queue.
The looping series of dialog, is because IDM thinks a Firewall is blocking it, so the reasoning behind it is probably, first to alert the user that Firewall is blocking IDM, and second to allow the user to click Check to test the Internet connection, if test fails, it alerts user again, and so on until you click Cancel, and then you are able to see the main IDM GUI window.