The smart cache in Binary Boy increases search speed and preserves bandwidth by requesting only the headers that aren't already downloaded. Its decoder is hyper-threading compatible. NZB support allows importing of search results from Usenet search engines. Browse manually or schedule a search to collect files automatically.

Search strings can be as simple as a single word or more complex using AND, OR and NOT logic. Optionally you can apply custom search strings to each newsgroup. Binary Boy allows you to store files from each newsgroup in separate folders automatically. Decode incomplete or damaged files for previewing mpgs before downloading the whole movie. Rearrange the download order or remove files with the editable queue. UUencode, Base64, Quoted Printable, yEnc, QP-Lite, BommaNews decoding supported.