Conflicker?

What's the deal with this conflicker thing?
Supposedly, it's the new apocalypse.

Its wikipedia tribute boasts Conflicker's amazing abilities to piss off not only the average technologically retarded American, but also puff-breasted NASA-grade government specialists. Can I hear a w00t w00t?

What's so fun about making millions of people around the world scream "FUCK!" and smash their computers into the wall? You wouldn't be there to see their frustration, and the only satisfaction you get as a creator are the fifteen hundred thousand pages of results that pop up when you google: "conflicker". Well, of course, it is quite rewarding sitting in your mother's basement and laughing evilly at the success of your master plan of world domination. Totally. Whatever floats your boat.

Supposedly, the internet world was supposed to end on April 1, 2009. It's April 2nd, babe.

Not that I haven't been beaten by annoying viruses before, I just find it ridiculous that everybody is tripping over their own fingers and keyboards just to escape a virtual threat whose power may be simply blown out of proportion by the media and the masses. Ever heard of a riot?