Our IT guy at work said that the basic security advice is to update windows, keep you AV on and updated.

Only computers user that should concerned should be the ones already infected and have already part of the botnet. For the rest of us not infected, keep windows fully patched and updated and do the same with your antivirus security software. We do access our work computers remotely and he is going to shut that down for 2 days to be on the safe side.

The conflictor bot net may be more of a publicity media event than anything else - as far as most home users are concerned.

http://news.cnet.com/faq-conficker-t...t-expect-boom/

But just to be sure, I use McAfee and I'm going to lock down my firewall before I go to work because I leave my computer on all the time.