I was just speculating, not sure whether the problem is actually down to false detection of CD/DVD writing software.
But if it is, it won't necessarily affect everyone. As far as I know, the way SecuROM detects emulation software is by checking against a database (blacklist) of known CD/DVD emulators. If it finds software on your PC matching the database, it will show the error and refuse to load the game.
CD and DVD writing programs are usually the most common to falsely "match" entries in the blacklist because they use similar techniques and files to emulators. But they are not all identical, so some will cause a problems and others won't.
In fact, some (Nero I think is one example) actually come with optional emulators - these are almost certainly deliberately on the blacklist by now if the emulator is turned on.
Anyway, the number of people having this problem makes me think that's not the likely explanation any more. SecuROM test their blacklists regularly (or at least they should!) to try to make sure that ordinary programs don't get "detected" and cause this.
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