- Steam App
- Stream Games (872990)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 18 October 2025 - 14:38:03 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Security PatchUpdate 18/10/2025 v1.10.5.2 Greetings. A user reported receiving a malware alert when clicking the Updates button in the Stream Games Menu. I tested it, and to my surprise, Windows Defender started reporting a threat when the button was clicked. I'm sure this is a false positive from Windows Defender. The updates link on the Menu screen leads to a Steam updates page. This is the page it opens:It's a common Steam store page. This is the first time Windows Defender has flagged this as a threat, and it likely only happens because the app opens a new tab in your browser. It's likely no longer allowed by Windows security. I've already removed this part of the code that opens a tab in the browser, and the issue has been resolved. If you encounter any other issues, please let me know on our X page or on our Discord server. For anyone who still has questions, I'll make a new post i...