Computer Virus

The news is simply sensationalizing it. It's not as big a deal as they want you to think.

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx is a good read about what is really going to happen. http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/03/27/information-about-worm-win32-conficker-d.aspx as well.