Stop Spammers June 22, 2011

It is unfortunate that we can no longer accept comments thanks to this spammer who spammed  our blog over 500 times with comments etc.

pktswl@o2.pl
89.76.54.252 IP address

Why do they do it, their comments only get deleted. Anyone who is thinking about spamming, surely if you want to attract attention this isn’t the way to go about it. There is no need to spam, and what is the gain in the end for you?

We would like to thank http://www.botscout.com/ Botscout for exposing and stopping these spammers.

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