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Imagevenue is slowly getting on my nerves. Their pop-ups, idiotic ads and 5-second-time-delays totally suck. I can`t really understand why so many people use it. Lately I can`t even be bothered to click on photos in the forum when they are hosted by Imagevenue.
Does anybody here have any experience with good image hosters? Any recommendations?
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You are absolutely right! Not only that, but the site is laden thick with popUnders, java exploits, trojans and worms (both genuine and fake positives). Here are a couple examples, which came from links hosted here in these forums:
Like you, I've pretty much come to a point where I just simply don't click or follow links hosted there. As an alternative, I love Photobucket. I've been using a paid account there for years, but their free (ad-supported) account is generous with space, bandwitdh and features.
Flickr is another good one, it's more a community-based or network driven site, but storage and bandwidth are generous. Both of these sites are clean and clear of the type of problems and annyances you've sited with imageavenue.
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Im a big fan of www.photobucket.com myself. Seems like no hassles not to mention when images get posted here there is no time delay let alone complaints from me.
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Thanks for your replies, Ben and Bluetoelover.
I actually have a paid Photobucket account since a few years and I´m a big fan. The free account is good but only lets you post images up to a size of 1024x768...the paid account is the way to go for larger photos.
But I can understand that people may not want to use Photobucket/Flickr/Webshots because they would need to register to get the account started. Even though you can easily set up an anonymous free account at those image hosting sites (no need to register with your real data) I can understand the benefits of a quick, simple webhoster that lets you upload a couple of photos (like Imagevenue) without first having to enter a password. Imagevenue would be good if it didn`t have the problem mentioned in the above posts (pop-ups, trojans, etc).
So what I meant in my original post is if anybody knows a good ad-free, popup-free, trojan-free image hoster that doesn`t require any registration beforehand???
Thanks, -Hal-
PS. If you search Google for "free image host" or "free image host ad free" it comes up with hundreds of links. Would be nice to know which ones are good
The problem with sites that require no registration, is that there is also no accountability - which is why you get the trojan, worms, java exploits, etc. When you require people to register, you are in effect, discouraging them from those type of activities and malfeasance.
Sites that require no registration offer "fly-by-nighters" and drive-by exploiters a safe haven to drop their payloads. And although that is never the intent of such sites, it is a certain bi-product of them.
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I agree imagevenue is pissing me off as well, I don't use them. Photobucket seems like a fair alternative. I used to host my own image hosting site here but turned out a virtual private server couldn't handle the beating from thousands of pictures being constantly viewed
so i just use photobucket because they're very reliable and I don't have to worry a bout losing my content.
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Been using Photobucket since I started posting photos myself. I don't post that many though- don't know if that's a factor. I've never hit the bandwidth limit.
Generally I've been extremely happy. There was one time where they deleted a few x-rated photos I had put there so they weren't on my computer because I had neglected to make the account private. Don't know if they would have done the same if it had been private.
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I actually started this thread because lately Imagevenue has been giving similar problems as Ben mentioned above (warnings about insecure connections, etc.)
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Sounds like you got infected with some spyware. Better see if your virus scan software is up to date. Imagevenue has become a bitch.
As you all can see by my avatar and sig, I hit the bandwidth this month with photobucket. Should be back to normal on the 19th. The problem with photobucket is if you post direct links to pics on several different forums and you have the free membership this is bound to happen. Especially if the photo set proves to be a popular one.
quote: The problem with photobucket is if you post direct links to pics on several different forums and you have the free membership this is bound to happen. Especially if the photo set proves to be a popular one.
When I didn`t have my paid Photobucket account I had similar problems, but the solution was to set up another free acount with a different username...that way I could switch between both accounts. You can basically set up as many free accounts as you like and distribute popular photo sets over the accounts.
quote:Originally posted by longhitter04: I am getting pop ups every minute or so as a result of using Imagevenue.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get rid of them. They are driving me crazy!
That's one of the residual affects of sites such as imageavenue - when the exploit is planted, it's payload is usually set to go off at a future time ... or to continue indefinitely. Sometimes this is spyware in the guise of adware, sometimes it is more malicious.
Standard Antivirus scans will usually not disable these. Windows Defender will catch (and kill or disable) many of them. You can also download the free version of Adaware and clean out a lot of it that way.
There is one category of malware that almost none of these can kill, and thats Root kits. Everything else though, will probably be identified, quarantined or killed with a routine Spyware scan.
Once you've gotten your system clean, the best solution of all is to NOT click on links that go to imageavenue and just stay off the page. It's a perfect world for people who deliver malicious payloads through such sites - the attractive links are the bait to bring you there, and they don't even have to plant their own bait.
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This never ends. I just got hit by this ... didn't follow my own advice and clicked on a thumbnail / link in for Photos section of these forums.
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