diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/HttpModules/ImageProcessingModule.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/HttpModules/ImageProcessingModule.cs
index 5f15c4e0d..67875b3e6 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/HttpModules/ImageProcessingModule.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/HttpModules/ImageProcessingModule.cs
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.HttpModules
                     string parts = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(urlParameters) ? "?" + urlParameters : string.Empty;
                     string fullPath = string.Format("{0}{1}?{2}", requestPath, parts, queryString);
 
+                    // Check whether the path is valid for other requests.
+                    if (!isFileLocal && !currentService.IsValidRequest(requestPath + "?" + urlParameters))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     // Create a new cache to help process and cache the request.
                     DiskCache cache = new DiskCache(requestPath, fullPath, queryString);
                     string cachedPath = cache.CachedPath;
@@ -548,12 +554,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.HttpModules
             }
 
             // Return the file based service
-            if (ImageHelpers.IsValidImageExtension(path))
-            {
-                return services.FirstOrDefault(s => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s.Prefix));
-            }
-
-            return null;
+            return services.FirstOrDefault(s => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s.Prefix) && s.IsValidRequest(path));
         }
         #endregion
     }
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/IImageService.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/IImageService.cs
index 3488f30cf..dfdcf0cdc 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/IImageService.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/IImageService.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
         /// </summary>
         Uri[] WhiteList { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the current request passes sanitizing rules.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">
+        /// The image path.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// <c>True</c> if the request is valid; otherwise, <c>False</c>.
+        /// </returns>
+        bool IsValidRequest(string path);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the image using the given identifier.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/LocalFileImageService.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/LocalFileImageService.cs
index c9726b2eb..499753753 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/LocalFileImageService.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/LocalFileImageService.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using System.Web;
 
+    using ImageProcessor.Web.Helpers;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The local file image service for retrieving images from the file system.
     /// </summary>
@@ -67,6 +69,20 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
         /// </summary>
         public Uri[] WhiteList { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the current request passes sanitizing rules.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">
+        /// The image path.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// <c>True</c> if the request is valid; otherwise, <c>False</c>.
+        /// </returns>
+        public bool IsValidRequest(string path)
+        {
+            return ImageHelpers.IsValidImageExtension(path);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the image using the given identifier.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/RemoteImageService.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/RemoteImageService.cs
index acebdf5d0..010beb413 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/RemoteImageService.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/Services/RemoteImageService.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Net;
-    using System.Security;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
     using ImageProcessor.Web.Helpers;
@@ -84,6 +83,44 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
         /// </summary>
         public Uri[] WhiteList { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the current request passes sanitizing rules.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">
+        /// The image path.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// <c>True</c> if the request is valid; otherwise, <c>False</c>.
+        /// </returns>
+        public bool IsValidRequest(string path)
+        {
+            // Check the url is from a whitelisted location.
+            Uri url = new Uri(path);
+            string upper = url.Host.ToUpperInvariant();
+
+            // Check for root or sub domain.
+            bool validUrl = false;
+            foreach (Uri uri in this.WhiteList)
+            {
+                if (!uri.IsAbsoluteUri)
+                {
+                    Uri rebaseUri = new Uri("http://" + uri.ToString().TrimStart(new[] { '.', '/' }));
+                    validUrl = upper.StartsWith(rebaseUri.Host.ToUpperInvariant()) || upper.EndsWith(rebaseUri.Host.ToUpperInvariant());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    validUrl = upper.StartsWith(uri.Host.ToUpperInvariant()) || upper.EndsWith(uri.Host.ToUpperInvariant());
+                }
+
+                if (validUrl)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return validUrl;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the image using the given identifier.
         /// </summary>
@@ -96,10 +133,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
         public async Task<byte[]> GetImage(object id)
         {
             Uri uri = new Uri(id.ToString());
-
-            // Check the url is from a whitelisted location.
-            this.CheckSafeUrlLocation(uri);
-
             RemoteFile remoteFile = new RemoteFile(uri)
             {
                 MaxDownloadSize = int.Parse(this.Settings["MaxBytes"]),
@@ -132,41 +165,5 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Services
 
             return buffer;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns a value indicating whether the current url is in a list of safe download locations.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">
-        /// The <see cref="System.Uri"/> to check against.
-        /// </param>
-        private void CheckSafeUrlLocation(Uri url)
-        {
-            string upper = url.Host.ToUpperInvariant();
-
-            // Check for root or sub domain.
-            bool validUrl = false;
-            foreach (Uri uri in this.WhiteList)
-            {
-                if (!uri.IsAbsoluteUri)
-                {
-                    Uri rebaseUri = new Uri("http://" + uri.ToString().TrimStart(new[] { '.', '/' }));
-                    validUrl = upper.StartsWith(rebaseUri.Host.ToUpperInvariant()) || upper.EndsWith(rebaseUri.Host.ToUpperInvariant());
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    validUrl = upper.StartsWith(uri.Host.ToUpperInvariant()) || upper.EndsWith(uri.Host.ToUpperInvariant());
-                }
-
-                if (validUrl)
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (!validUrl)
-            {
-                throw new SecurityException("Application is not configured to allow remote file downloads from this domain.");
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/Web.config b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/Web.config
index 9bef44eaf..eb09cc6d7 100644
--- a/src/TestWebsites/MVC/Web.config
+++ b/src/TestWebsites/MVC/Web.config
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <system.web>
 
-    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
+    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" requestPathInvalidCharacters="&lt;,&gt;,*,%,&amp;,\,?" />
     <!--<customErrors mode="Off"/>-->
     <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />