thanks for your suggestion - I already use jdownloader, but only for downloading files. I just don't like "autoextracting" files which I haven't checked beforehand. and I don't think it's possible to extract already d/l files with it, or is it?
I looked a bit further and there is a program called Unrarit, which basically does, what I was looking for. but unfortunately it doesn't really run smooth on WIN7 (some files are extracted, with others I get CRC errors for no reason...) and it seems it's not being supported or updated anymore.
and btw: the Flashgot plugin doesn't (yet) work with FF 5.
well I guess, I keep looking
