In an attempt to stop 1500 pieces of Spam.. i treid to turn off comments.. (so in admin section i turned off k2 comments...
However.. when i go to K2 rticles i still see comments.. when i look at the actual code.. this is showing up.. So my question is ... how do i turn off all comments..

<!-- Item comments form -->
<div class="itemCommentsForm">
<h3>Leave a comment</h3>
<p class="itemCommentsFormNotes">
Make sure you enter the (*) required information where indicated. HTML code is not allowed. </p>
<form action="/index.php" method="post" id="comment-form" class="form-validate">
<label class="formComment" for="commentText">Message *</label>
<textarea rows="20" cols="10" class="inputbox" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='enter your message here...';" onfocus="if(this.value=='enter your message here...') this.value='';" name="commentText" id="commentText">enter your message here...</textarea>
<label class="formName" for="userName">Name *</label>
<input class="inputbox" type="text" name="userName" id="userName" value="enter your name..." onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='enter your name...';" onfocus="if(this.value=='enter your name...') this.value='';"/>
<label class="formEmail" for="commentEmail">Email *</label>
<input class="inputbox" type="text" name="commentEmail" id="commentEmail" value="enter your e-mail address..." onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='enter your e-mail address...';" onfocus="if(this.value=='enter your e-mail address...') this.value='';"/>
<label class="formUrl" for="commentURL">Website URL</label>
<input class="inputbox" type="text" name="commentURL" id="commentURL" value="enter your site URL..." onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='enter your site URL...';" onfocus="if(this.value=='enter your site URL...') this.value='';"/>
<input type="submit" class="button" id="submitCommentButton" value="Submit comment"/>
<span id="formLog"></span>
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_k2"/>
<input type="hidden" name="view" value="item"/>
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="comment"/>
<input type="hidden" name="itemID" value="17"/>
<input type="hidden" name="762808e924ef4da49f4fbe4d01461f7d" value="1"/></form>
</div>
</div>
<div class="itemBackToTop">
<a class="k2Anchor" href="/index.php/about#startOfPageId17">
back to top </a>
</div>
<div class="clr"></div>
</div>
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