Beware...

Deadly PC virus to strike on April 1. According to a security expert an Internet worm, called Conficker C, can strike at infected computers around the world on April 1.It is dubbed as the April fool's day worm can be nasty.

What is Conficker?
Conficker , also known as Downadup or Kido, is the latest super virus to spread around the Internet and has security experts in a panic. When last we checked, about a week ago, Conficker had already spread to 9 million PCs, with little sign of slowing. Now it has infected at least 10 million PCs and experts believe there may be up to 350 million vulnerable computers out there.

The worm isn't just exploiting a networking hole, however; it features a sophisticated method of cracking administrator passwords, making it difficult to remove, and also copies itself to USB drives so that it can spread even when the online flaw is plugged.

Conficker is a complicated malware programme which might be already their in your PC.

This would hunt for new instructions on April 1. So no one knows exactly what will happen. The spread of the program is alarming, it is present in over 20 million PC's all over the globe. April 1 being the start of a new fiscal year is a perfect day to attack. This attack can be millions of spam emails to total crashing of the systems.

Cross your fingers and just hope nothing happens to your system.