I say you have a virus! run Malwarebyte,hitmanpro 3.5 and you will find your problem. Both are free just make sure you update them before you scan your system.
I'm unaware of any recent version of 'ps' failing to identify zombies.
Both /usr/bin/ps and /usr/ucb/ps should do so properly.
$ perl -e 'if (fork()) {sleep 20;}' &
[1] 15091
$ /usr/bin/ps -ef | grep def
root 15092 15091 0 0:00 <defunct>
$ /usr/ucb/ps ax| grep def
15092 Z 0:00 <defunct>
Bug in...
If the user exists in /etc/ftpd/ftpusers, that user is not allowed to connect using ftp. Check the man page of ftpusers. If you do want to enable ftp for root, remove root from /etc/ftpd/ftpusers.
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