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Luckily at this point most of it's damage is psychological, but nobody really knows for sure if it's creator has more intentions for it now that it's weasled it's way into so many computers (millions, with an estimate spread of 1 million per day at the moment).  
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/technology/internet/23worm.html  
and  
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/23/the-conficker-virus-dont-panic/  
 
If you're curious if you have it, Microsoft's tool to scan and remove is at:  
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en  
 
and here's the security update that should be installed to protect one's system. If you have Windows Update enabled on your machine, you shouldn't need to do anything:  
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx