It's gone.
5 hours and no spam.
After running the linux anti-malware program I noted above to remove the rogue files, I created a simple file in notepad named cron.deny. I typed apache into the first line and uploaded to /etc/ folder. All emails, including spam & emails from my website forms...
Hello.
Thank goodness I found this thread!
I have the same problem with this exact spammer. Going on 10 days now and I am beyond frustrated. My hosting provider is even stumped.
I do have wordpress installed.
I found and deleted the rogue .php files + added .htaccess files to prevent...