"The truth is, there will be no April 1st outbreak, despite what some of the press stories have said so far," , director of malware research with SecureWorks.

"The probability of a major [Conficker]-related event taking place on April 1 is really not very likely," , vice president of Symantec's security response group.

Armageddon? Fuh-get-it.

2. Hackers will take over the world.

On the other end of the spectrum, some are suggesting that the worst could actually occur. Just look at these sentiments from a (and yes, these are all unmodified, direct quotes):