On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Ed Vance wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    ml> yeah, it looks like something is interferring with your FTP   
    ml> traffic and causing the 'P' to be lost... the display of dots   
    ml> instead of commas might be just a display thing OR it may be   
    ml> that whatever is causing the missing 'P' is also switching the   
    ml> commas for periods... in any case, something is messing it   
    ml> up...   
      
    EV> The dots are correct, it IS a IP Address and I didn't want to enter   
    EV> the numbers in the address in my message(s) in case somebody who   
    EV> enjoys messing around with other folks enjoyment of using a   
    EV> computer knew how to use those numbers for tom foolery.   
      
   i doubt seriously that you have anything to worry about from these parts...   
   especially if you have decent protections in place... we see similar comments   
   in the tech support areas i am involved in and the fact is that obfuscating   
   things like that can easily hamper one's ability to be helped...   
      
    EV> I tracert'ed the (#) numbers and it IS the IP for a AT&T Server, I   
    EV> have no idea what the .10.185 means but I didn't want to type in   
    EV> the IP plus those last two numbers. You know how I am.   
      
   those links i sent you tell you what those number are and how to work with   
   them ;)   
      
   TL;DR; they are the port your FTP tool will use for the transfer of the data   
   in question... there is a specific way they are to be handled to get the   
   proper port number ;)   
      
    ml> are you using live/active antivirus or antimalware software?   
    ml> does it monitor ftp streams?   
      
    EV> AVAST! Free, SuperAntiSpyware Free, Malwarebytes Free, Spybot S&D   
    EV> and WOT.   
      
    EV> I don't know if they monitor what I'm doing at a CMD Prompt, I'd   
    EV> hope that some of them did, whether I'm doing FTP or anything else   
    EV> on a CMD Line.   
      
   what i meant by "live/active" was that everything is monitored and yes, even   
   at the CMD prompt, actions are monitored... otherwise you'd be able to open a   
   virus/malware infested program and it not be detected ;)   
      
    EV> I have had WOT ask me IF I REALLY WANT TO GO LOOK AT A PAGE. And I   
    EV> have seen AVAST! Not Like what I was downloading, and tell me so.    
      
    EV> That's as much as I know to tell You.   Thanks!   
      
   you're doing good :)   
      
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