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Win Explorer Advanced File Search Filter Builder

Select filters; ext, content, author, title, image metadata, path, date, size, file types

Basic Rules

Operator	Example	Result
NOT	social NOT security	Finds items that contain social, but not security.
Space = AND	social security	Finds items that contain social and security. A space in the query is equivalent to an AND! For example, ext:jpg ext:png is an impossible combination! A file extension cannot be both ext:jpg AND ext:png.
OR	social OR security	Finds items that contain social or security.
Quotation marks	"social security"	Finds items that contain the exact phrase social security.

📎 File Extension & Content

🔍 File extension (ext:)

Manual: ext:jpg OR ext:png | Tags add cumulatively

png jpg pdf docx xlsx txt mp4 zip

Click tags to add OR combine

📄 Content search (content:"phrase")

Enable content search (auto-enabled when you type)

The proper way to search inside file contents for the exact phrase!

✍️ Author & Title Metadata

👤 Author (author:"name")

Enable author filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple authors, author:"Name 1" OR author:"Name 2", edit manually

📌 Title (title:"document name")

Enable title filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple titles, title:"Name 1" OR title:"Name 2", edit manually

🖼️ Image Metadata

📷 Camera Model (model:)

Enable model filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple models, model:"Name 1" OR model:"Name 2", edit manually

📅 Date Taken (datetaken:)

Enable date taken (auto-enabled when selected)

Pick a date → checkbox auto-enables

📁 Path & Exclude Folder

📂 Limit to folder (path:)

Enable path filter (auto-enabled when you type)

🚫 Exclude folder (NOT path:)

Enable exclude folder (auto-enabled when you type)

💡 Type a path → checkbox enables automatically

📅 Date Modified & Size

📆 Date modified range

Enable date range (auto-enabled when date selected)

💡 Pick a start date → end date auto-fills

💾 Size range (KB / MB / GB)

KB MB GB

KB MB GB

Enable size range (auto-enabled when you type)

Type min or max value → size filter auto-enables | Supports KB, MB, GB

📋 🔍 Copy'n paste query into Windows Explorer

⚡ Un-click checkbox to remove filter. Builds Windows Explorer syntax with ext:, content:, author:, title:, model:, datetaken:, path:, NOT path:, datemodified:.., size:..

How do I properly search for a file in Windows Explorer?

Win Explorer Advanced File Search Filter Builder

Select filters; ext, content, author, title, image metadata, path, date, size, file types

Basic Rules

Operator	Example	Result
NOT	social NOT security	Finds items that contain social, but not security.
Space = AND	social security	Finds items that contain social and security. A space in the query is equivalent to an AND! For example, ext:jpg ext:png is an impossible combination! A file extension cannot be both ext:jpg AND ext:png.
OR	social OR security	Finds items that contain social or security.
Quotation marks	"social security"	Finds items that contain the exact phrase social security.

📎 File Extension & Content

🔍 File extension (ext:)

Manual: ext:jpg OR ext:png | Tags add cumulatively

png jpg pdf docx xlsx txt mp4 zip

Click tags to add OR combine

📄 Content search (content:"phrase")

Enable content search (auto-enabled when you type)

The proper way to search inside file contents for the exact phrase!

✍️ Author & Title Metadata

👤 Author (author:"name")

Enable author filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple authors, author:"Name 1" OR author:"Name 2", edit manually

📌 Title (title:"document name")

Enable title filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple titles, title:"Name 1" OR title:"Name 2", edit manually

🖼️ Image Metadata

📷 Camera Model (model:)

Enable model filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple models, model:"Name 1" OR model:"Name 2", edit manually

📅 Date Taken (datetaken:)

Enable date taken (auto-enabled when selected)

Pick a date → checkbox auto-enables

📁 Path & Exclude Folder

📂 Limit to folder (path:)

Enable path filter (auto-enabled when you type)

🚫 Exclude folder (NOT path:)

Enable exclude folder (auto-enabled when you type)

💡 Type a path → checkbox enables automatically

📅 Date Modified & Size

📆 Date modified range

Enable date range (auto-enabled when date selected)

💡 Pick a start date → end date auto-fills

💾 Size range (KB / MB / GB)

KB MB GB

KB MB GB

Enable size range (auto-enabled when you type)

Type min or max value → size filter auto-enables | Supports KB, MB, GB

📋 🔍 Copy'n paste query into Windows Explorer

⚡ Un-click checkbox to remove filter. Builds Windows Explorer syntax with ext:, content:, author:, title:, model:, datetaken:, path:, NOT path:, datemodified:.., size:..

Colonial Penn SPAM Email with subject No medical exam needed for Colonial Penn's simple, guaranteed acceptance life insurance

For the record, this is a Colonial Penn spam email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "No medical exam needed for Colonial Penn's simple, guaranteed acceptance life insurance"

What to do?  Report them, go to bottom of page. 

From: ColonialPenn.com Associate<alert@ulambetors.com> Subject: No medical exam needed for Colonial Penn's simple, guaranteed acceptance life insurance.

Spam Link

1. https://ulambetors.com/c/xxxx

How to tell this is a Phishing email?

1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source

1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.

Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.

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Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing for Web hosting companies (e.g., GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean) and ISPs

1. SpamCop.net - Sign up for SpamCop reporting

Anti‑Phishing Working Group (APWG) — forward to reportphishing@apwg.org

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