Is your PC infected with the cruel Trojan Brisv? Are you wondering what it is and how on earth it got on your system? To tell you the truth, Trojan.Brisv.A also known as Trojan.Brisv.A!inf is a trojan virus. It masks itself as a desirable program and sneaks onto your system. So you better get rid of this computer danger right now!
The virus works through Windows Media Player. Therefore, the most possible source of infection is downloading multimedia off of P2P file sharing networks. When the virus gets onto your system, Trojan Brisv runs a search and infects all WMA, WMV, and MP3 files. While running the files your Windows Media Player will connect to a malicious website that will be a source of more viruses, spyware, and other malware which can be downloaded onto your system. Altogether, Trojan.Brisv.A may put your identity and the integrity of your system in danger. Financial information, passwords, and other personal data can be accessed.
You can find the virus being referred to with the following names:
| Authentium | - |
| AhnLab-V3 | - |
| AntiVir | - |
| Avast | WMA:Wimad |
| AVG | - |
| BitDefender | - |
| CAT-QuickHeal | WMA.Getcodec.d |
| Fortinet | - |
| GData | Trojan-Downloader.WMA.GetCodec.d |
| Ikarus | - |
| K7AntiVirus | - |
| Kaspersky | Trojan-Downloader.WMA.GetCodec.d |
| McAfee | W32/GetCodec |
| Microsoft | TrojanDownloader:ASX/Wimad.G |
| NOD32v2 | - |
| Norman | - |
| Panda | - |
| PCTools | - |
| Prevx1 | - |
| Rising | Trojan.DL.Win32.GetCodec.a |
| Sophos | - |
| Sunbelt | Trojan.Brisv.A!inf |
| TheHacker | - |
| TrendMicro | - |
| VBA32 - | - |
| VirusBuster | - |
| Webwasher-Gateway | Trojan.ASF.Hijacker.gen (suspicious) |
When using P2P networks you have to be very attentive. You should have both a firewall and real time antivirus protection running constantly.
Resources:
The aliases of Trojan Brisv
Overview on Trojan.Brisv