One of the things we learned at yesterday’s festive and highly informative AATIA member meeting was that a nasty new computer worm is set to take over the world - or the cyber part of it, anyway - on April 1st. Well, maybe. Some have speculated that Conficker worm will prove to be the world’s biggest April Fool’s joke. Microsoft, however, is taking the threat very seriously: it’s offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for putting this bit of malware into circulation.

So, it’s probably best to take precautions. Get instructions from Microsoft on how to protect yourself. And follow AATIA Database Coordinator László Eösze’s advice: update, update, update, update!