Doom3 installs "DRVSEC.SYS" to stop you from copying CD's, DVD's etc...

Decided that this would probably be better in it's own thread...


Just wondering what you all think of the Macromedia protection system that
Doom3 installs onto your system? "DRVSEC.SYS" won't let you play copied
DVD's or copy originals, etc.

I've heard of this for a while, but just noticed it on the Doom3 CD's.

I Googled for this file and had lots of hits but no definitive statements as
to what this actually does to my system. I don't want it running in the
background eating up resources.

Anyone have any experience with this?

I installed Doom III - works fine - can't find the DRVSEC.SYS file
anywhere on the box

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:15:58 GMT, "Noozer" wrote:

Decided that this would probably be better in it's own thread...


Just wondering what you all think of the Macromedia protection system that
Doom3 installs onto your system? "DRVSEC.SYS" won't let you play copied
DVD's or copy originals, etc.

I've heard of this for a while, but just noticed it on the Doom3 CD's.

I Googled for this file and had lots of hits but no definitive statements as
to what this actually does to my system. I don't want it running in the
background eating up resources.

Anyone have any experience with this?

My bad... the filename is actually "SECDRV.SYS"

Found it in Windows\System32\Drivers.

I've renamed it, but who knows what difference it will make.

"Tedd Belle" wrote in message
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I installed Doom III - works fine - can't find the DRVSEC.SYS file
anywhere on the box

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:15:58 GMT, "Noozer" wrote:

Decided that this would probably be better in it's own thread...


Just wondering what you all think of the Macromedia protection system
that
Doom3 installs onto your system? "DRVSEC.SYS" won't let you play copied
DVD's or copy originals, etc.

I've heard of this for a while, but just noticed it on the Doom3 CD's.

I Googled for this file and had lots of hits but no definitive statements
as
to what this actually does to my system. I don't want it running in the
background eating up resources.

Anyone have any experience with this?

MathCAD installs one that is even worse .. just not
activated to its highest level .. called C-dilla. It is a
nasty little guy fully enabled, and a real stinker to delete.
Far Cry has one too, and their tech support says you
have to uninstall your hardware and its associated
program to install and run Far Cry. That is not true,
but you do have to run the Far Cry CD from a non-
writer drive like a dvd drive. Combos don't always
work either. Look at C-dilla in its full glory. And that
one has been around for several years. It can rat you
out, plus uninstall your hardware. It convinced me to
purchase Matlab for all my labs. I don't have time to
babysit some haywire program that might destroy all
my work, and idle hundreds of students and their
teachers.

johns

www.pinwire.com/article67.html

This could be of interest to many of us.

johns

yeah, I have that file - now to find out how evil it is..

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 22:10:23 GMT, "Noozer" wrote:

My bad... the filename is actually "SECDRV.SYS"

Found it in Windows\System32\Drivers.

I've renamed it, but who knows what difference it will make.

"Tedd Belle" wrote in message
.. .
I installed Doom III - works fine - can't find the DRVSEC.SYS file
anywhere on the box

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:15:58 GMT, "Noozer" wrote:

Decided that this would probably be better in it's own thread...


Just wondering what you all think of the Macromedia protection system
that
Doom3 installs onto your system? "DRVSEC.SYS" won't let you play copied
DVD's or copy originals, etc.

I've heard of this for a while, but just noticed it on the Doom3 CD's.

I Googled for this file and had lots of hits but no definitive statements
as
to what this actually does to my system. I don't want it running in the
background eating up resources.

Anyone have any experience with this?

On 8/2/2004 11:15 AM Noozer brightened our day with:

Decided that this would probably be better in it's own thread...


Just wondering what you all think of the Macromedia protection system that
Doom3 installs onto your system? "DRVSEC.SYS" won't let you play copied
DVD's or copy originals, etc.

I've heard of this for a while, but just noticed it on the Doom3 CD's.

I Googled for this file and had lots of hits but no definitive statements as
to what this actually does to my system. I don't want it running in the
background eating up resources.

Anyone have any experience with this?




SecDrv.sys gets installed with windows xp. I think it's responsible
for those C07ft5Y registry entries you may get from time to time.

--
The Brain From Planet Arous (1958):
"Bad alien Gor takes over scientist Steve's brain; good alien Vol takes over Steve's dog's brain."

Steve [Inglo]

Inglo wrote:
SecDrv.sys gets installed with windows xp. I think it's
responsible
for those C07ft5Y registry entries you may get from time to time.

No secdrv.sys on my xppro and it's got every optional package
installed.

EA Games installs this, too. It is in every game directory and in
windows\system32
"Markeau" wrote in message
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Inglo wrote:
SecDrv.sys gets installed with windows xp. I think it's
responsible
for those C07ft5Y registry entries you may get from time to time.

No secdrv.sys on my xppro and it's got every optional package
installed.

"Noozer" said:

My bad... the filename is actually "SECDRV.SYS"

System Shock 2 also installs it.

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