OneHalf
OneHalf is a DOS-based polymorphic computer virus (hybrid boot and file infector) discovered in October 1994. It is also known as Slovak Bomber, Freelove or Explosion-II. It infects the master boot record (MBR) of the hard disk, and any files with extensions .COM, .SCR and .EXE. However, it will not infect files that have SCAN, CLEAN, FINDVIRU, GUARD, NOD, VSAFE, MSAV or CHKDSK in the name.
| Common name | OneHalf |
|---|---|
| Technical name | OneHalf |
| Aliases | Slovak Bomber |
| Family | OneHalf |
| Classification | Virus |
| Type | DOS |
| Subtype | file and boot infector |
| Isolation | 1994 |
| Point of isolation | unknown |
| Point of origin | Slovakia |
It is also known as one of the first viruses to implement a technique of "patchy infection", introduced in Bomber.
OneHalf has about 20 different variants, all with functionally similar behaviour.
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