| All comments about secdrv.sys: |
 GP | part of SafeDisc CD protection scheme (some games use it) |
 | It get's loaded with win/xp not dangerous |
 | secdrv |
| Chad | SafeDisk Driver (used by games to authenticate CD) See also: Link |
| Paul | it's a SafeDisc disc protection file |
| Solitaire | Appeared with the installation of NHL 2004 |
| | somehow related to securom (3?) cd protection |
| | this file is anti-burning protection for game CD |
 Travis Biehn | This is a driver that is used by some new games as copyright protection, games such as Brothers In Arms.. ETC use these products to prevent copying, however sometimes it will break your CD-Burner. As far as I can tell, it acts as a barrier between your CD-Burning program and the API and makes sure you arent burning copyright content... however this is buggy. See also: Link |
| God311 | The Sims uses this file, if it dose not load then the sims dose not load. "happend to me" |
 Chris. | Part Of SafeDisc Copy Protection, Not Dangerous like Starforce, does not interfere with programs. |
| | How to get around it |
 Tony Taraldsoy. IT consultant | It arrived with either Need for Speed Underground or Superbike 2000,( EA games ) |
| | safedisc file, if removed, i think it is easier to bypass protection |
| qwa | It provides no info about its origin, version, etc. I think this is suspicious and have renamed it pending more informatuion. |
| Tihocan | SafeDisk Kopierschutzdatei |
| Lord EOD | I had to did around to find this installed on my computer, without my consent or knowledge. How can that be good? I rate it as dangerous because it does nothing to help out my PC, on the contrary, it may cause issues and possibly crate security vunerabilities. |
| Nikolas | Scans CD/DVD content immediatly after disk insert. Slow down disk recognition time. Prevents access to entire disk if part of it unreadable. |
| Billie | game protection on some new game cds such as Prince of Persia (Sands of Time ) on disc 2 |
| Alex | cause WinXP Pro repeatedly crash on "THREAD_STUCK_IN_DRIVER" |
| Tobias Karlsson | Driver used for Ring0 access in Safedisc. Totally harmless, and nothing like what Travis Biehn has written. |
| jj | safedisk. comes w/ daemontools so they can emulate sd images |
| | use daemon tools! |
| Vek | Malware - even though installed by a legitimate company (game copy protection), it does so without asking, and reappears, virus-like, whenever you uninstall it. This is unacceptable. Its also interfering with my ability to burn minidvd's |
| foo | SafeDisc 3.x driver : security risk (breaks system security policies); potential spyware activities (see C07ft5Y) |
| Kha | Mocrovision's Safedisk driver |
| Anacho | It may-be a bit of a nag, but not dangerous |
| BIMBOMIX | SafeDisc Copy Protection - does not interfere with programs but...when u have to copy a legal cd...NERO SUCHS.. |
| Digitus_Impudicus | Comes with MYST IV |
| | older securom driver |
| Frank | Security driver running under kernel protection. Any driver hooking other drivers on this level is regarded to be seen with caution, because it can interfere with your system. Causes several security issues and incompatibilities. Does *not* break your burner, but can interfere with storage systems and prevent cd-software from working. Removing this file can render programs unusable, especially games, that install this driver without warning you. EA relies on this copy protection, as well as several other companies. |
| Doctor P.Enis | Well It will cause genital cancer if left on your system.Please wear lead underpants if you have "secdrv" on your PC.If you don't and you are a guy your nuts will swell up turn purple and fall off within a matter of weeks. |
| Jaap | not affecting my system when i deleted it |
| Carlos Manuel_Venezuela | if this files,it is possible read it from an executable, what? |
| | causes my system to reboot continuously if a disk is left in the drive. I removed the disk, and the system was ok. |
| Manik1013 | This program is crap.... if its supposed to prevent bootleg games from running, it dosent work cause, i play copywrighted games, and i use virtual drives. although, i have performance issues, and i cant tell if it is causing problems or not. |
| | Macrovision software that loads Kernel memory driver - Real annoying! |
| H K | Was installed with WIN-XP SP 1a |
| bill clinton :p | its a root reg key driver, witch diables the use of nocd cracks and physical copies of a game. loading the game cd with deamon tools v4.* while a no cd crack is placed is a way to bypass this sneaky little program ----- remove the file in the game install directory and remove auto start up in the program tweakall to detroy this driver activity destroys any change of running the game uses a constant 1 MB of your ram, on disk insert no delay if you have a 3.6MHz CPU See also: Link Link |
| Joejoe | Its a virus |
| Rubus | Sims 2 (& all subsequent Expansion packs) dvd copy protection. Disable it & the Sims will just reinstall it when it next runs! pretty harmless. |
| modster | Its preventing all read/write access to my cdrom! |
| Dunc | It caused a memory dump/crash when I tried to stop it in device manager having looked at this forum thread and deciding it had to go! |
| MilwOrm | No SafeDisc driver or anything else. No virus or spyware. Secdrv.sys is a Security driver who prevent kernel debugger like SoftIce access to kernel-mode memory. Used by Microsoft to protect their work. See also: Link |
| vivian | it is the damn driver from game using safedisc protection, however its not danger like starforce driver, it just wasting disk space (if u dont use original game/using crack) so just delete it from ur disk, everything is clean :) |
| Tosse | Ring 0driver for copy protection. Could come from Daemon tools or from a game install. |
| Chopper | Causes blue screen of death on my XP machine, can't think of it as safe. On the contrary it must be regarded as malignant. |
| BobF | SafeDisc DRM driver. Grants itself Ring 0 access, which means if it's not 100% airtight it can be exploited to compromise your system. If you have it and need it for games, complain to the game companies that you want an explicit warning that such a thing will be installed. If you can, remove it. See also: Link |
| Daniel | Like all copy-protection schemes, it won't come with copied games, but will give you lots of troubles and issues if you have purchased a game that comes with it legally. |
| Greenbandit | Doesn't enable anything to work, was installed without my knowledge or consent, yet another unwanted PC slowing down "driver" so is at best bad & at worst adds to instability. |
| Phoenixzeus | Used for Securom. Normal Size is 26.7KB. If it is 8KB theres a good chance its infected with a trojan. |
| | this file comes with Ubisoft Prince of Persia |
| NicoRouf | Create open doors for Trojan. As it is not an essential part of WinXP I recommend to delete it and clean the registry out of it |
| NicoRouf | This file can be used as a backdoor for trojan. It lays deep inside the registry (legacy key) and is very hard to remove so it will keep on re-installing on your machine once deleted and let your computer wide open for trojan intrusions. I don't think this was intended (at the beginning) and I presume it is merely the target of malware/Rootkits that replace it with a fake version. As this is not a key component for your PC, if you have you anti-virus that complains about it KILL IT IMMEDIATELY!!!! |
| muzza | backdoor.generic7.USL virus |
| | this is one of macrovision stupid (the most hated company in the software world) program. like flexnet installshield bullshit, it just keep you from total control your system. MUST UNINSTALL EVERYTHING FROM MACROVISION! |
| Hiphopopotamus | Very Dangerous because it can be used by a local user in a privledge escalation attack. See also: Link |
| Sean | Has a major flaw, allows arbitrary code execution as Ring0 See also: Link |
| gollux | It runs in ring 0 and can be used to completely bypass security to run as SYSTEM See also: Link |
| Cano | I dont want to install company to install and test drivers whit me. I dont know if itīs cause performance or inestability problemes and I will not because i moved it to "quarentine". If a original game doesnt work because of this get a nocd crack. |
| SH | Potential security risk was detected on October 18th that allows to get more rights on Windows XP or Windows 2003 by a buffer overflow. Also, tries to read CDs and DVDs while not being a DVD device driver. Is known as copy protection driver but may be potential spyware. It's unknown to me if it saves data, though. See also: Link |
| | It let my DVD writer unable to write DVDs and thus letting me without ways to do my hard drive backup. |
| | Prevents some USB drives from being recognized in WinXp |
| Kode Kyk | Macrovision secdrv.sys Local Privilege Escalation.... security breach. See also: Link |
| jo | part of SafeDisc. And it DOES mess with your burner. People denying this must be paid. Was left after incomplete deinstallation and made every CD/DVD unreadable in other drives, until I found and removed it. See also: Link |
| Sidelobe | File is currently being updated because of security issues. |
| Spike | Part of Safedisc as noted. I set the driver to demand (manual) in Device manager so it doesn't run by default. |
| | Basically, that file is the Driver for the SafeDisc protection scheme from macrovision. It DOES come from Microsoft, and it is needed for SafeDisc games to run correctly. A problem, though, has been found, and an exploit for it has been discovered recently. |
| Vlady | has flaw with 0 day exploit See also: Link |
| Stin, Wakefield, UK | secdrv.sys has a security vulnerability in that hackers can gain SYSTEM level access to your entire system! See also: Link |
| Wayne H | Part of SafeDisc CD copy protection. Many Electronic Arts games circa 2000-2004 install it and it is a system driver. Known to cause blue screens and CD-ROM drive instability. |
| No more DRM | The file is shipped with Windows XP but is not critical to the OS if you want it gone badly enough use Sysinternals Autoruns to disable it and delete it. |
| Phillip | Has been registered by Microsoft as potentially dangerous (spyware and trojans can use if for privildge escalation) |
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