Dear users,

we have contacted the Developer regarding AVG reaction on the latest version of the Picture Downloader installer. According to virustotal.com there was not any problem yesterday, but things have changed over night.

We will keep you up-to date.

Best regards,
GOTD team

Giveaway of the Day project team  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+107)

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AVG reported this process contained a Trojan -- SHeur3.CHKN (within PD.exe).
Was this not tested for compatibility with popular AV products?

Anyway, I didn't progress and de-installed.

Glenn  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+91)

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There are so many browser extensions or add-ons that do the same, but for free, that it is very hard to see what is the market for such a product, and on what is based its ridiculous price of $29.

Harrym  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+60)

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I'm definitely downloading and using this one! I do a lot of time and bandwidth downloading tons of royalty-free "stock" images and videos for use in the websites I put together for my clients (mostly "lead-capture pages"). Anything that streamlines the process is always welcome - provided it's not difficult to learn how to use, and performs "as advertised."

If it really trips my trigger I'll come back and post a review, one way or the other.

I'd like to offer a warning for anyone considering the use of this software to download images that they intend to "re-purpose" by using those images in their own websites, whether those websites are "commercial" in nature or not...

Make certain that you have the rights to "re-use" those images you download for this purpose! Just because you can see an image in your browser, and can download it, doesn't necessarily mean that you automatically have the right to use it for anything you want to use it for! Most website owners retain copyright on the entire content of their sites, and that includes any and all original images they may contain.

(And you can be reasonably certain that any and all non-original images used on those commercial websites are either "royalty-free," or the rights to use those images were obtained by the site owner and/or webmaster.)

If you use someone else's original image without their express (and not just implied) permission, you could find yourself in some very unpleasant legal trouble, which could end up costing you very dearly - including (but not limited to) civil and criminal penalties, shutdown of your website, and even a few other nasty things that most sane and rational people would usually make every effort to avoid, if at all possible.

(However, I've "lurked" the comments here at GOTD for long enough - and have read enough comments form people who seem to have some sort of "entitlement complex" - to realize that not everyone who visits GOTD is necessarily sane nor rational, at least not in this regard.)

Besides (and this is specifically addressed to #3-Harrym)- don't graphics artists and photographers have a right to be paid for their work too? (And if you don't think it's "real" work, then I suggest that you just try creating some "buy now" buttons and/or some "professional-looking" website header graphics on your own! If the software is overpriced, it won't sell - that's what's so great about the Free Market System.

And let's face it, if someone is able create their own website graphics and images, they wouldn't really have any real use for a software like today's offering anyway - would they?

As I implied in my warning above, this software could be used by some unscrupulous people to "scrape" graphics from websites, and illegally use them on their own sites or print publications. However, in the case of "royalty-free" images and videos (often referred to as PLR - "Private Label Rights"), there are repositories of large numbers of images and videos, and downloading them all - one at a time - can be quite tedious, with a lot of time wasted if not outright lost!

Don Hill  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+59)

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Well, I tried it and there have been better ones offered here like Extreme Pic Finder. I tried the one offered here today and after going through the wizard and fixing how I wanted the pics and size, I received itty bitty pics for my trouble. Not being one to give up easy, I tried it again only to receive error message : Picture Downloader has encountered a problem and needs to close, save your work. I will try a few more times then, I will be uninstalling this program. Thanks anyway GOTD!

Beth Kenady  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+51)

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