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Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

May 13, 2015

(NOTE: This update was re-released on May 15 to include a new security fix.)

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Updated the web control to CEF version 41.0.2272.104
Improved CPU and memory usage in the web control
Changed the "Verify Integrity" progress box to permit access to the rest of the Steam client
Fixed cases where the server browser did not respect the current pings-per-minute limit
Fixed bugs which caused CD key receipts to print incorrectly
Fixed failure to back up all game content in certain cases (eg. for FSX)
Fixed a denial-of-service exploit that could be used to crash Steam remotely. (Thanks to Elvis Collado of HP DVLabs working with HP's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this exploit.)

Big Picture

Added the ability to filter your friends list
Added a disk management page to settings that lets you view and delete installed games
Stopped displaying daisy wheel for checkboxes and other non-text inputs on web forms

In-Home Streaming

Fixed a crash when exiting the streaming client

Windows

Fixed compatibility issues preventing Steam from starting on older Athlon XP CPUs
Fixed a bug which could result in two screenshots for a single key press in games which process input via both DirectInput and Win32 messages

Linux

Fixed double-triggering of the Enter key when typing in text fields on web pages

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