It would certainly be much ado about nothing, if the highly hyped latest variant of the Conficker worm doest not appear on the first of April; it would definitely be the most nonsense of the April Fool's Day jokes, if the rumored variant of the Conficker worm fails to hit on the rumored day. The security researchers, however, have cautioned that the rumored Conficker worm should not be taken lightly, heedlessly, as an April Fool's Day prank.

The security researchers and security firms are hotly nosing about the clues of latest variant of the Conficker worm, which is viewed as potentially dangerous for the computers and networks around the globe.

The security researchers at BKIS, a Vietnamese security firm, maker of the BKAV antivirus software, today alerted that they have found the clues that indicate that the latest variant of the Conficker worm may originate from China. According to the previous rumors, the latest variant of the Conficker worm could originate from Russia or Europe.

The Vietnamese security firm reached the conclusion after studying the coding of virus. According to the security firm, it code of Conficker is closely associated with the code of the notorious Nimda, the virus created bedlam on web and e-mail in 2001. The security firm is dead sure that Nimda was developed China.

However, it shouldn't be forgot that the origin of Nimda has not been confirmed yet, although the virus contain text that signal that Nimda could have originated from China, but this is not a sure evidence.

While, it is still uncertain whether or not "the latest variant of the Conficker worm will hit on April 1," the security researchers have pushed up their advisories that there are a number of malware removal tools and protections available for computer users. The security researchers are advising computer users to get their systems equipped with powerful security and protection programs to protect their systems from the latest variant of the Conficker worm on the D-day.