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I've got a strange Steam problem going on. This past week, any time I try to use Steam's server browser, it "locks" all other internet activity except for Steam.
When I try to browse the internet (using IE), it locks while trying to contact the webpages. I get disconnected from IRC, and am unable to connect again. I cannot even use run>cmd>ping; all my requests time out.
I haven't changed any Steam or game settings within this past week, so I'm not sure why this is happening. I've tried logging off and logging on again, numerous restarts, refreshing my router connection...almost everything short of reinstalling Steam completely (hopefully it won't have to come to that).