Security Update 2012-002 Won't Install

I have been attempting for some time now to install the latest Security Update 2012-002 on my Macbook Pro running OSX v.10.6.8.
Upon restart as the computer is about to fully boot up it simply shuts off. I have run Apple Disk Utility as well as MacTuneUp several times.
The machine seems to be in fine working condition and accepts all other software updates except this one.
Any suggestions or fixes out there?

Hi Jonathan:
What's your hard drive capacity like? You should try to maintain at least 1-2 GB free.
Also, how long have you had 512MB RAM? Have you recently upgraded? Poor-quality RAM could affect software updates. If this applies, remove any recently installed RAM and try the update. If successful, replace the RAM (though I'd get the RAM replaced).
Andrew Penner

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Every time I go to download this update I always get an error. It downloads but then upon restart it bombs saying it cannot expand or there is a corruption of the files.
I have repaired permissions, I have updated the Safari update and remote desktop just fine. Just this doesn't work. I've also deleted the software.update pref file as suggested in other articles. All to no avail.
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac7,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.21f4
Serial Number (system):          W8******X89
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10.5.5 is very antiquated. 10.5.8 as you read was just barely patched in the last week, and hasn't seen patches since before last July, where several patches for 10.6 have already been made available. Remember 10.7.4 is the current operating system.    Last July was when 10.7 was released. The only reason you should have 10.5.5 is because you don't need anything newer, or you aren't sure that anything newer will work with what you have, or can't afford anything newer. Only 16% of the Macintosh community are running some version of 10.5. To determine if you could use an upgrade, see these tips:
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HT1222 I can't download Security Update 2012-002:

Dear,
About subject, I cant download Security Updat 2012-002:
The file “SecUpd2012-002Snow.pkg” couldn’t be found on the server “swcdn.apple.com”.
Help is highly appreciated
tks n brgds
RK

Allan,
I have Avast virus checker installed, but I disabled file, mail & web browser checking and had the same problem.
I eventually was able to download the manual update DMG and that seems to have installed ok.
Now the Update RAW 6.03 has been installed, but continues to say it needs installing - galling.
Thanks to you and Linc for replying to my original post.
David

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Many thanks, Bill!
Your hint did work for me! I tryed before to follow the tip at VersionTracker (use Pacifist to extract iChat from the 10.4.8-Combo-updater to replace the language-stripped iChat I had), but that failed. The resulting version of iChat after running 2007-002 reported to be 3.1.7, but crashed at start. Probably because the iChat in the 10.4.8-Combo-updater is Version 3.1.5, and this version also crashes without the update.
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Christopher Chew wrote:
Tried the above suggestions and none of them worked.
I tried an re-install of 10.6 from my system disk and upgrading that. The combo update fails too.
I tried wiping the partition and doing a complete restore from a Time Machine backup. Still same error.
When I have time I could try wiping the parition, reinstalling 10.6 and using Migration Assistant instead of a straight restore.
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BWS3RD wrote:
Was trying to install Facetime which asks for Security Update 2010-005.
Welcome to Discussions, BWS3RD
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