QJ has recently taken a very hard line on spam of any sort. Unfortunately, it seems there are companies that encourage/enable people to spam thousands of boards at one time for a tiny fee and a few minutes of their time whenever they feel like it.

The new version of this forum has been a great help in keeping spam out but I get tired of seeing the attempts knowing the reason. (Plus I expect, after a time, these companies would just find a new angle.)

I always banned areas of the world where the most crap was coming from. (And a few specific individuals, 3 as I recall, for various reasons but not in a long time.) I've been fairly successful with new "entrepreneurs" from odd places and lately I've been drilling down to people in known cities like Chicago and the Twins... Tonight I banned a few more from a few hundred miles farther away. Sooner or later some some honest BW/Q paddler will be banned by simple association.

Point is, if all you see is that image when you try to access these forums, one of your neighbors could very well be a gullible 'asshole' trying to make a few bucks using the same ISP. Follow the directions provided and I'll get you back in as soon as possible. You'd know if it were personal so don't take it that way if it ever happens through guilt by accidental association.