So you expect it to ...
April Fish and office jokes, Ah ... the first vastgekleefde computer mice died exchanged TFT screens, disorganized desk chairs, and cabinets full of toilet paper already passed my colleagues. The little boy in me is once again able to indulge 
1 April 2009 but is perhaps also the day that history will be remembered as " Conficker day. "Yep, today, the much dreaded time bomb Conficker worm explode and DNS requests to do 50,000 or nonexistent domains. Fortunately, some important tools like Nmap 4.85BETA5 and the latest Nessus check Conficker better adapted to detect your network.
If you use those tools have not quite mastered yet and you expressly Windows 'want' to use it is perhaps the moment to the DNS services from OpenDNS to use because they may offer an answer :
OpenDNS HAS Kept our users safe from the Past Conficker for SEVERAL months by blocking the domains it uses to phone home ...
The latest version is now churning Conficker or through 50.000 domains per day in an Attempt to thwart blocking attempts. Consider this: at Any Given Time We Have That hold well over 1 million filters domains (when you combine our domain tagging and phishing filters). 50,000 domains a day isn't going to Rock the Boat.
So here's our update: OpenDNS willing to continuously identify the domains, all 50,000, and block Theme From nslookups OpenDNS for all users. Here this MEANS if the virus penetrated machines on your network HAS, ITS rendered useless Because it can not connect back to the botnet.
This is a textbook example of how outsourcing certain IT components cheaper, more effective and safer ... but could not immediately call now Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in Bangalore (India) to all your ICT lot cheaper to run!
enjoy,
d.
