Is driveguard.exe actually a virus?

[tomprasad]

Hi..
Recently I noticed a file driveguard.exe in my programfiles.When I scanned it for viruses with AVG free,it detected it as a trojan.But along the readme with driveguard.exe,it is pointed out that driveguard.exe is a software for protection of pen drives when connected to PC.I want an opinion whether i should remove it or not.Pls help me...........

[evilfantasy]

This is the Microsoft Corporation; Flash Drive Protector. Tools like this work in the same way that malware would and are sometimes flagged as malicious. Antivirus can't tell the difference in "good" and "bad" processes so it's just doing it's job.

http://www.file.net/process/driveguard.exe.html