[PC] What exactly does securom do?

SecuROM has been around in some form or another for YEARS (literally, late 90s here). I think they're up to version 7 or some shit.

It is a method of copy protection, in that it makes disk copying (seemingly) impossible, as when a piece of software that does not know how to handle SecuROM reads over a sector with that data on it, it thinks the disk is corrupt, thus unable to copy. Every time a new version comes out, every piece of burning software in existence learns how to get around it, so its pointless.

The Malware accusation comes from the later versions of SecuROM that would install itself onto the system in an attempt to stop piracy by blocking access to disks that are in its database if the disk lacks the software. This was common on Sony based products and software.

Jam it back in, in the dark.