While the computer world braces for Conficker tomorrow, please take a look at the Campus Safety IT Alerts page for information on how to detect the virus today, remotely: http://www.usask.ca/campussafety/it-alerts.php.
Remember, always practice safe computing, and ensure you are running a system that is patched with all the latest security patches, is running a firewall, and has up-to-date antivirus software installed.