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March 23

virus

i have a 64 bit windows8 system.recently i have observed that every time i switch it on, the C drive memory(free space) decreases substantially say approx 2GB without anything installed or stored there.presently it has become full and no antivirus tends to heal it.the service centre guys told to recover it.i want to know is there any alternative,i mean through command propt can i track the malware or whatever is causing the problem.182.73.75.234 (talk) 06:36, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you'll get direct answers from Windows experts if you could post this here.--Joseph 10:03, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using system restore? Check the settings to make sure it isn't the creation of backups that's causing it. That's pretty unusual behavior for the most common kinds of malware today, and the kinds of virus that, say, append themselves to executable files, are some of the most easily detected. --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 19:49, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2-gigabyte executables weren't exactly common back then (in the good old pre-Vista days). - ¡Ouch! (^{hurt me} / _{more pain}) 07:42, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gmail puts my Amazon emails in spam folder, no exceptions

I have no filter. I keep telling Gmail they're not spam, but it won't listen. Imagine Reason (talk) 14:59, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried making Amazon's email address a Contact? Rojomoke (talk) 21:07, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No luck. Imagine Reason (talk) 23:27, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest first check your spam filters (if you have any) for some word or phrase that is triggering it as spam, and then look at the Gmail help forum .--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:08, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As a bandaid you could create a filter that takes all Amazon emails and stars them, labels them, or some other mechanism that would avoid the spam box. Also, have you searched through your spam box to see if you accidentally marked any Amazon emails as spam in the past? --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 19:38, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note regarding the last bit of your suggestion. Gmail deletes spam in the spam folder after 30 days. So if they marked something as spam longer ago than that, it won't be there anymore. Dismas|^(talk) 19:41, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's been a long-term problem. I've now added my first filter, one that makes sure nothing from *amazon.com (no syntax hint on Gmail?) is sent to Spam. Seems to have done the trick. Thank you. Btw, for some reason Amazon emails forwarded from another account were not sent to Spam; only those addressed directly to me were. Imagine Reason (talk) 05:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There should be a "reason" given at the top of spam messages - this could give a clue as to why it was put in spam -- Q Chris (talk) 08:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Be careful with this message. Our systems couldn't verify that this message was really sent by amazon.com. You might want to avoid clicking links or replying with personal information." This problem doesn't appear in my other Gmail/Amazon accounts. Imagine Reason (talk) 14:06, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering about this from early on. Are you absolutely sure these emails are from Amazon? I receive fake emails from all sorts of services (Linkedin etc) every so often including ones I'm not even using, as do many people. Google is normally fairly good as distinguishing the real from the fake so if they end up in your spam folder, I would make sure they are really from Amazon or whoever you think it is. Note that the fact the email claims to be from *amazon means nothing without very carefully looking at the headers and perhaps analysing the email itself. Nil Einne (talk) 21:23, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I buy an app, place an order, etc.. Promotional emails, everything goes to spam. Imagine Reason (talk) 01:11, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unlisted YouTube Videos

Are there ways to search unlisted YouTube videos besides Google or Yahoo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.65.135.44 (talk) 21:33, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you can, they won't be unlisted anymore. Defeats the purpose. But maybe. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:48, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Depending on how bad you want to see them, you could "Do cool things that matter". InedibleHulk (talk) 21:57, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]