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title: Bitcoin version 0.5.3.1 released
category: releases
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Bitcoin version 0.5.3.1 for Windows is now available for download at:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.3/>

This is a bugfix-only release based on 0.5.1.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>

BUG FIXES
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* Fixed a potentially critical security vulnerability in Windows
versions of Bitcoin-Qt.