Apple pulls NVIDIA graphics update, reasons unclear

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/29/applepulls_nvidia_graphics_update_reasonsunclear.html
From now on - I'm waiting a week before installing anything...

I'm not so lucky: this morning I experienced something really weird: I went to my computer, pressed the shift key to awaken the display, and everything on the display was both unsharp and moving back and forth! Then the display basically blanked out, and my computer became unresponsive. I had to force a reboot. Upon reboot, everything was fine, but I've never seen a problem like this before. I did install Monday's nVidia graphics update that was later pulled.
Is there an easy way to go back?

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