Why does SecuROM™ sometimes remain active in the background, even if the protected application is not running?
By default, SecuROM™ does not install any permanently active applications, services, or drivers. Some older versions of SecuROM™ protected applications use a special configuration which will install a Windows Service called “User Access Service”. This service allows a user to share DRM licenses among multiple users of the same PC. This service is only used during the initial SecuROM™ authentication upon the start of the application. At all other times, the service runs in the “idle” mode. This means that it is passively waiting for a SecuROM™ protected application to perform the respective DRM authentication during the startup of that protected application.
