What is the "PDVD10Serv.exe" process on Windows 8? Is the "PDVD10Serv.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "PDVD10Serv.exe" process?

"PDVD10Serv.exe" process represents "PowerDVD RC Service" program.

"PDVD10Serv.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "Boot" as shown in the process tree below:

Boot
   PDVD10Serv

On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "PDVD10Serv.exe" process may be listed as:

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
PDVD10Serv.exe            5,732 K   PowerDVD RC Service

Additional information about "PDVD10Serv.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PDVD10Serv.exe" 

Programe file information:
   Name: PDVD10Serv.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PDVD10Serv.exe
   Description: PowerDVD RC Service
   Version: 7.00.2314
   Size: 143888 bytes
   Last modified: 6/1/2012 10:47:48 PM
   Company Name: CyberLink Corp.
   
Some data files used:
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
C:\Users\fyi\AppData\Local\Packages
C:\Users\fyi\AppData\Local\Packages

Some registry keys used:
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\Image File Execution Options
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\CustomLocale
HKCU\Software\CyberLink\PowerDVD10
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CyberLink\PowerDVD10
HKCU\Software\CyberLink\PowerDVD10
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CyberLink\PowerDVD10
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsRuntime\CLSID

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wow64.dll
C:\Windows\system32\wow64win.dll
C:\Windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PDVD10Serv.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHLWAPI.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VERSION.dll

"PDVD10Serv.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "PDVD10Serv.exe" process.

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