Update - April 13 - The conficker worm is on the prowl.  Activity with this worm was reported from several sources as "picking up".  The AP newswire reported yesterday that the worm had infected more than 700 computers at the University of Utah.  CNET has reported that one of the goals of the worm is to install trojans that spread a "fake" anti-spyware program similar to that of the Anti-virus 2009 infection.  The goal of the fake program is identity theft.  Users who register the software have their credit card numbers forwarded to a server for collection.  More information can be obtained at the following sources:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10217386-83.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gXGDQP8qn1251sFLAFmVcXRSTKnw

Update - Well, the April 1 "phone home" deadline has come and gone and nothing tangible has come of it.  However, this does not mean that this threat is gone.  I recommend that you fortify your machine against the problem.

According to a report from Computerworld Security "1 out of every 25 infected PCs has been hit with Conficker "

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