I ran into this problem, and in my research, I've found a few things. Here is the one I'd suggest to try:

There are known problems causing this message, both resulting from third-party software using debugger-like approaches.

Nero 6 ultra edition - specifically Image Drive can cause this issue

Use the Nero “general clean utility” - available from the Nero website to remove the offending program and then the game works.

http://ww2.nero.com/enu/Clean_Tools.html