How to remove secdrv error

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secdrv.sys file information

The process Macrovision SECURITY Driver belongs to the software Secdrv or Security Windows NT or Security Windows NT/2K/XP or Macrovision SECURITY Driver or Command and ConquerTM or Civilization III Complete by Macrovision Corporation, Macrovision Europe Limited, and Macrovision Japan and Asia K.K (www.macrovision.com) or Macrovision Europe Ltd (www.macrovision.com).

Description: File secdrv.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 163644 bytes (27% of all occurrence), 27440 bytes, 11973 bytes, 12400 bytes, 11376 bytes, 12464 bytes, 12528 bytes, 28400 bytes, 29392 bytes, 20480 bytes, 28624 bytes, 163132 bytes, 10848 bytes, 20128 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program has no visible window. secdrv.sys is not a Windows core file. secdrv.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 26% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Links: secdrv.sys, secdrv.sys

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.
  Chopper  

Ring 0driver for copy protection. Could come from Daemon tools or from a game install.
  Tosse  

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 :)
  vivian  

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.
  MilwOrm   (further information)

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!
  Dunc  

Its preventing all read/write access to my cdrom!
  modster  

Sims 2 (& all subsequent Expansion packs) dvd copy protection. Disable it & the Sims will just reinstall it when it next runs! pretty harmless.
  Rubus  

Its a virus
  Joejoe  

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
  bill clinton :p   (further information) (further information)

Was installed with WIN-XP SP 1a
  H K  

Macrovision software that loads Kernel memory driver - Real annoying!
   

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.
  Manik1013  

causes my system to reboot continuously if a disk is left in the drive. I removed the disk, and the system was ok.
   

if this files,it is possible read it from an executable, what?
  Carlos Manuel_Venezuela  

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