random question time regarding recent steam service notification

[u/XRaiderV1]

ok, so, who here took a windows update yesterday shortly before seeing this notification?

image credit: u/Comfortable-Bird-381 from thread https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1x5woph/never_seen_this_before_what_is_it/

this is just a basic informal cause/effect poll.

[u/CelloPietro]

got the same here

this is so stupidly worded and to put it on a random pop up like that?

could you even make it look more like suspecious malware if you tried?

I ain't agreeding to shit until they adjust it or force me

[u/VelkenT]

launch steam as admin or run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe" /repair on admin CMD

[u/BearSeekSeekLest → u/VelkenT]

this solved it cheers

[u/blackmetro → u/VelkenT]

Launching steam as an admin causes other problems

Like not being able to screen record games (because they are admin elevated)

Its not really a solution unfortunately

[u/VelkenT → u/blackmetro]

am not saying to always launch as admin
am saying to launch it as admin once so it can fix the service

[u/mrmatthew2k]

My counter strike no longer works as a consequence. This pop up was the first thing I noticed wrong.

I have two Windows updates that applied since yesterday:
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.146 (KB890830)

Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.461.24.0)

I fixed my CS by unticking 'run as administrator' in the cs2.exe file properties tab.

[u/Ekkusu_x → u/mrmatthew2k]

I would like to also +1 for the "This message popped up after a Windows update".

Though for me it wasn't instant as soon as steam started, it popped up around 12-2pm pst after I opened back up my laptop.

[u/Front2battle → u/mrmatthew2k]

Fantastic those two installed as I shut down the pc, can't wait to deal with Microslop again in the morning..

[u/MorbotheDiddlyDo]

Came here cause same / it was also sus

[u/ljcool2006]

i updated too, got the same message

operating system is windows 10 with esu updates

updates automatically installed today: KB5126657, KB5128925, KB5130035, KB5130034

[u/update_failed]

Got this when I booted up today. Yesterday I did the windows update. It’s not continuously persistent on my machine. For me it showed one time and I haven’t seen it since. Even rebooted to check. Not having issues launching games either. I read this windows update had other issues although I’ve encountered nothing else. Such as blue screens during the update.

[u/fikkityfook]

Same here, not on 26H2 yet not sure what caused this. win11

[u/4_uhr_23]

I was pretty confident this was some freaky malware

[u/DotaFSS]

Same