Nintendo's Amiibo, its entry into the toys-to-life gaming accessory business that also includes Activision's Skylanders and Disney's Infinity, seems to be off to a fairly good start. But it could have been much better.
AVI, video player and codec. Generally speaking, playing an AVI requires two things: a video player software and a codec. Each version of Windows ships with a video player software (called Windows Media Player), so that is not a problem. The problem is called the codec. One of the first terms a digital video freshman gets to know is codec.
If so you can play the video file. But usually virus files start with .exe extension. .exe is executable file. So if the downloaded movie file asks you to install something rather than play it in a media player like vlc or quick player then i guess it is a virus.