Adam here wrote about this a while back, and Jose at Arbor now points out that they’re still quite active.
He’s also observed the DDoS attack by another malware author on the loads.cc gang:
Here’s the kicker: someone really wants these guys out of business. Still. Even though the Loads.CC domain name now points to nowhere. Here’s DDoS attacks we’ve been tracking against their domain name this year alone.
Link here.
Alex Eckelberry