OneHalf
| Common name | OneHalf |
|---|---|
| Technical name | OneHalf |
| Family | OneHalf |
| Classification | Virus |
| Type | DOS |
| Subtype | file and boot infector |
| Isolation | 1994 |
| Point of isolation | Unknown |
| Point of Origin | Slovakia |
| Author(s) | Vyvojar |
OneHalf is a DOS-based polymorphic computer virus (hybrid boot and file infector). It is also known as Slovak Bomber, Freelove or Explosion-II.[1] It infects master boot record of the hard disk, COM files and executable files.[2] It will not infect files that have SCAN, CLEAN, FINDVIRU, GUARD, NOD, VSAFE, MSAV or CHKDSK in the name.[3] It is known for its peculiar payload: it encrypts certain parts of user's Hard disk, but then decrypts them on-the-fly when they are accessed, thus user does not notice anything. The encryption is done by bitwise XORing by a randomly generated key, which can be decrypted simply by XORing with the same bit stream again. However, careless disinfection will result in data loss; if the user does not decrypt the data, then destroys the virus which decrypts and accesses it, the data will be lost. The virus will display the following message on 4th, 8th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 20th, 24th, 28th and 30th of any month and under some other conditions:[4]
Dis is one half.
Press any key to continue ...
It is also known as one of the first viruses to implement a technique of "patchy infection", introduced in Bomber.
OneHalf has many variants.
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