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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 163,644 bytes (27% of all occurrence), 27,440 bytes, 11,973 bytes, 12,400 bytes, 11,376 bytes, 12,528 bytes, 12,464 bytes, 20,480 bytes, 28,400 bytes, 29,392 bytes, 163,132 bytes, 28,624 bytes, 18,768 bytes, 14,304 bytes, 10,848 bytes, 20,128 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

Has been registered by Microsoft as potentially dangerous (spyware and trojans can use if for privildge escalation)
  Phillip  

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.
  No more DRM  

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.
  Wayne H  

secdrv.sys has a security vulnerability in that hackers can gain SYSTEM level access to your entire system!
  Stin, Wakefield, UK   (further information)

has flaw with 0 day exploit
  Vlady   (further information)

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.
   

Part of Safedisc as noted. I set the driver to demand (manual) in Device manager so it doesn't run by default.
  Spike  

File is currently being updated because of security issues.
  Sidelobe  

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.
  jo   (further information)

Macrovision secdrv.sys Local Privilege Escalation.... security breach.
  Kode Kyk   (further information)

Prevents some USB drives from being recognized in WinXp
   

It let my DVD writer unable to write DVDs and thus letting me without ways to do my hard drive backup.
   

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.
  SH   (further information)

I dont want to install company to install and test drivers whit me. I dont know if it´s 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.
  Cano  

It runs in ring 0 and can be used to completely bypass security to run as SYSTEM
  gollux   (further information)

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