This can pretty much be done in the command line, honestly it was a semi inventive way to make a bit of cash, sure people were a bit annoyed at the so called malware but still, it didn't infect files nor did it take credit card information.
Surely this must be a slap on the wrist type of offense
Couldn't there prosecution have been prevented if they put up a small flier on there landing page saying "you agree that by visiting this site that the site owners cannot be held responsible for anything downloaded, etc etc etc." (bad wording, but im not a lawyer...)