Subject: Palestinian Virus

A new computer virus has been detected that you may want to take precautions
against. This is the Palestinian Virus - a virus that settles in your PC,
claims it was there before your PC was built or Bill Gates was born, then
demands parts of your hard drive. If you want the virus to leave you and your
PC alone, you can try to give the virus the hard drive space it wants, but it
will refuse the deal and start killing data on your computer.

Some people have suggested a solution for this virus problem is to give the
virus its own PC. As stated above, this virus has been known to refuse the
offer. Other nearby PCs won't take the virus either, even if the virus is
compatible with the other computers. The virus seems to want nothing less than
to take over your entire computer together with the removal and destruction of
all your data. Software based anti-virus solutions have been proposed, but so
far only hardware solutions have had any impact.

The only solution we have been able to determine that may work is the physical
removal of the virus from your computer. The only problem with this solution is
all the other computers will object, and you will be castigated in the media
and by the UN.