| ULTRA-FAST DOWNLOADING | Up to twice as fast as many similar competitor products |
| MULTITHREADED OPERATION | Up to 8 threads for maximum performance and optimal bandwidth usage |
| SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MULTIPLE GROUPS AND SERVERS | Browse and download files from different newsgroups or servers at the same time |
| FILTER AND SEARCH | Find the files you need, quickly and easily |
| NATIVE JPEG, NFO, TXT AND MP3 PREVIEW | Just right-click and NovusNews will download a small preview for you to watch/listen |
| NATIVE SFV CHECKER | Automatically check the integrity of the files as you download them |
| MISSING FILE REPORTS | Determine exactly which file parts you're missing, and which ones you need |
| ARTICLE AUTO-REFRESH | Automatically shows you new articles as they become available, without interrupting your browsing |
| ATTACHMENT HOTLISTING | Automatically downloads the articles your specify as they become available |
| NATIVE SUPPORT FOR POSTING MESSAGES | Post messages to the newsgroups with the click of a button |
| AUTOGENERATE REQUEST MESSAGES FOR MISSING FILES OR PARTS OF FILES | Can automatically generate and post messages requesting missing file parts |
| SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE ENCODING FORMATS | Decodes UUEncoded, Base64, and yEnc-encoded files |
