The Melting Screen worm overwrites nearly every .exe file in the Windows directory with itself. These files, instead of opening what they are supposed to, are randomly scrambled. Opening up calculator might open up regedit, paint, or any other windows executable. This makes computing nearly impossible, and to top it all off, it emails itself to your friends.
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