Secdrv.sys is causing my PC to reboot without warning

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my pc has been rebooting without warning, it just shuts itself off when it feels like it wants to be an asshole. I went ahead and deleted the file, then my PC reboots still because "it cant find the file." here are my exact error codes. Take note this is just what i believe to be the issue, maybe the file isnt the problem? but this is just what i found. EDIT: Its not my Cpu temps, those are pretty normal, maybe a bit hotter than normal, it is summer, and its not dangerous temps by any means.

1.The description for Event ID 1060 from source Application Popup cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\??\C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64\drivers\SECDRV.SYS

the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table



2. The SecDrv service failed to start due to the following error:
This driver has been blocked from loading


 
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This device driver is part of Macrovision's SafeDisc copy protection scheme. SafeDisc is designed to prevent the piracy of PC games, but has been controversial since its introduction because of problems it causes on many computers. It poses a potential security risk because it grants ring 0 (kernel) access to the programs it works with. Note that terminating the process may cause the game it was installed with to stop functioning

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/secdrv.sys.html

that is unlikely to cause a restart, more likely to stop whatever game its related to from working. I guess that could stop other things from working. But you just mention it and not a list of fails.

win 10 doesn't normally restart without an error...
This device driver is part of Macrovision's SafeDisc copy protection scheme. SafeDisc is designed to prevent the piracy of PC games, but has been controversial since its introduction because of problems it causes on many computers. It poses a potential security risk because it grants ring 0 (kernel) access to the programs it works with. Note that terminating the process may cause the game it was installed with to stop functioning

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/secdrv.sys.html

that is unlikely to cause a restart, more likely to stop whatever game its related to from working. I guess that could stop other things from working. But you just mention it and not a list of fails.

win 10 doesn't normally restart without an error before so you might want to look at hardware as a cause. Have you cleaned inside PC recently?

what are specs of PC?
 
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