SafeDisk

Hi all
My first post.I have been discussing safedisk and I would like to be 100% sure what I have been finding out is fact.
For people who do not know what safeDisc is.It is to protect producers software from been copied.and we would all agree that this is necessery,evan though it remove's the legal right of all customer to make one backup copy of their program or game.
but here is the big worry Safedisc installs a driver onto your PC (Secdrv.sys) It also grant itself ring O access.This could allow trojan and other malware to use the driver to gain addministrator access to our PC's and it dose not set the security config appropriately.
What I have just said as been cleaned from the net from reiable sites,does any members hear know about this or mabe explain ring O access.And once we have installed the program can we then remove the driver that may be a problem.
Best regards
Rex

 

1. WSF isn't the best place to ask this question, while there are some members that would have the technical knowledge to answer your question -- it'd be equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. No offense to anyone here, but generally this isn't within the scope of the resident knowledge base - WSF is more of an intermediate/beginner user base with a limited scope in regards to security.

2. Why really bother with anything more than a simple scheme?; what can be done, will be undone -- If someone wants the contents they will get it. Why go to such extreme measures and costs when resistance is futile?

Q

~removed un-necessary remark IAW our TOS....Bubba~

 

Hello,
That driver is useless when you boot from CD and then manipulate the contents.
Mrk

 

We shall see. At least we know you didn't provide any insight into the issue.

I'm ready to be amazed, but I of course won't be holding my breath.

BTW I've been around a long time --- long before 'karma cookies' --- I also had no idea one's DOJ [Date of Joining] carried any weight.

Q

 

Safedisk, Securom, Starforce all is the product of same f..king minds. They can't
protect softwares because talented crackers can beat them. They only cause headaches for legal users. Sometimes I use No-CD cracks for games which I've bought legally.

 

Hi Pete.
Thank you for the reply.What had me concerned is when I read this:- see under Vulnerabilities
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafeDisc
Thank you to all who replied to my post
Regards
Rex

 

Hi again.
Thank you for the reply I thought I may get that sort of responce It had me concerded ,I am now waiting for Macrivision Corperation to respond to my question.The producers of the program that I installed dont recomend me removeing the driver as they dont know of any case were the vulnerability as been exploited.
Regards
Rex