The genuine brs.exe file is a software component of Cyberlink PowerDVD by CyberLink. Cyberlink PowerDVD is a media playback application. Brs.exe runs a process required to play media from Blu-ray discs. This is not an essential Windows process and can be disabled if known to create problems. Cyberlink PowerDVD is a media player developed to play Blu-ray and digital video discs (DVDs) for the Windows platform. The software is often shipped with optical drives and often comes preinstalled with computers manufactured by certain companies such as Acer. PowerDVD was originally released in 1998 and was one of the first Blu-ray 3D playback applications to receive certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). CyberLink Corporation is a Taiwanese company that develops multimedia software products such as PowerDVD, MediaShow, Power Director, and more Cyberlink was founded in 1996 by Dr. Jau Huang, a professor at the National Taiwan University. In 2000, CyberLink became a publicly traded company, featuring on the Taiwanese stock exchange. Cyberlink is listed among the "200 Best under a Billion" companies by Forbes. It is currently headquartered in New Taipei, Taiwan.
BRS stands for PowerDVD Blu-ray Run Service
The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the brs.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application.
Description: Brs.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. Brs.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" or sometimes in a subfolder of the user's profile folder—usually C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Shared files\.
Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 75,048 bytes (61% of all occurrences), 78,352 bytes and 18 more variants.
There is no file information. The brs.exe file is not a Windows system file. Brs.exe is a Verisign signed file. Brs.exe is certified by a trustworthy company. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: MACHINE\Run, Run).
The program has no visible window.
Brs.exe is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 39% dangerous, but you should also take into account the user reviews.
Uninstalling this variant:
In case you experience problems using brs.exe, you may also want to do the following: 1) uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program ⇒ CyberLink Corp. or WSE_Astromenda 2) look for help on the www.cyberlink.com website.
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as brs.exe, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, for example Application.Generic.841602 (detected by F-Secure), and Generic PUA PN or Adware Agent (PUA) (detected by Sophos). Therefore, you should check the brs.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. If Cyberlink Runtime Program has changed your browser's search engine and start page, you can recover your browser's default settings as follows:
In Internet Explorer, press the key combination Alt + X to open the Tools menu.
Click Internet options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click the Reset... button.
Enable the Delete personal settings option.
This will reset your Internet Explorer to its default settings. Your browser will start with the familiar start page and search engine—without popups, ads, cookies, but all browser add-ons are deleted too
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Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
Copy chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings into your Chrome browser's address bar.
Click Reset.
Chrome will then restart with an empty start page and with Google as the default search engine—without any popups, ads, cookies, themes or extensions
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If you want to re-enable some extensions, please enter chrome://extensions/ into your Chrome browser's address bar.
Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
Copy about:support into your Firefox browser's address bar.
Click Refresh Firefox.
Firefox now looks brand new. Bookmarks and saved passwords are retained, but all browser extensions and their related data are deleted
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Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
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User Comments
This startup entry is started automatically from a Run, RunOnce, RunServices, or RunServicesOnce entry in the registry. Added by the PowerDVD. This startup allows the user to set the Region on Blu-ray discs. The Master
It's from PowerDVD or one of the processes from that program. N/A
It's from PowerDVD Ultra from Cyberlink Ray
wiem że brs.exe to program który wchodzi w skład pakietu cyber link power dvd i jest wogóle niepotrzebny zabiera tylko pamięć i nic nierobi czesio
Brs.exe is a program from Cyberlink although some time ago some antiviruses gave false positive on it. Mike
Shared file for the Cyberlink DVD program James Cales
brs.exe is an essential program for CyberLink PowerDVD's Blu-ray disc region settings. JohnicBoom (further information)
It gives an error message and shuts down my computer. I don't know what it is, but it has to come off. CarolBook
Cyberlink DVD program, Shuts down computer PC User
Said MSVCR71.dll missing so BRS.exe failed. Bokonon
blu-ray region settings from cyberlink power dvd AceVentura
Cyberlink
After a lot of investigation of a brs.exe fault which developed on my Blu-Ray equipped computer I eventually find that It's suddenly become ....incompatible with Win 8.1 and a Cyberlink Blu-Ray upgrade is available if you want to pay for it - again - but this is so convenient for them and so inconvenient for us .. we get a few years use and then our? hard earned software becomes ..?incompatible? is this legal? it always is for them - - goodbye Cyberlink don't call me ... Stephen Round THE ENGLISH EMBASSY
Installed By Astromenda Spam DL I didn't want. Bradan
I recently received an updated version of PowerDVD from Cyberlink. However my system does not have a Blu-ray drive. Michael Lucero
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Summary: Average user rating of brs.exe:
based on 24 votes with 16 user comments.
4 users think brs.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application.
5 users think it's probably harmless.
12 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.
2 users suspect danger.
One user thinks brs.exe is dangerous and recommends removing it.
4 users don't grade brs.exe ("not sure about it").
Best practices for resolving brs issues
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding problems with brs. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To get your computer running as fast as it did on day one, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
To help you analyze the brs.exe process on your computer, the following programs have proven to be helpful: ASecurity Task Manager displays all running Windows tasks, including embedded hidden processes, such as keyboard and browser monitoring or Autostart entries. A unique security risk rating indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan. A good Bantivirus software detects and removes sleeping spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, malware and trackers from your hard drive.
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User Comments
The Master
N/A
Ray
czesio
Mike
James Cales
JohnicBoom (further information)
CarolBook
PC User
Bokonon
AceVentura
Stephen Round THE ENGLISH EMBASSY
Frank (further information)
Bradan
Michael Lucero
Summary: Average user rating of brs.exe: based on 24 votes with 16 user comments. 4 users think brs.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 5 users think it's probably harmless. 12 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. One user thinks brs.exe is dangerous and recommends removing it. 4 users don't grade brs.exe ("not sure about it").