Thank you, Takayuki. I just installed Akismet.
The spammers must have seen my posting because I got many more than usual today!
Thank you, James! I have done as you suggested.
Hello, I was finally let back into my dashboard. I promptly deactivated iThemes Brute Force.
I use Contact Form 7 for my Contact page. Everyday, I get 5-15 emails of pure garbage allegedly sent from my contact form. Some of it is in Russian. Do you have any recommendations on how I can prevent a reoccurrence? Thank you!
Thank you, James. I suspect this is tied to the iThemes Brute Force protection so I sent them an email and on Monday, I was contact my host provider about the phpMyAdmin.
I appreciate the help!