Mysterious message asking to shutdown

I updated the latest security patch yesterday. Today when the screensaver (Flurry), i got a message, square black background with lettering in five different languages telling me that i need to restert my computer. It said ' you need to restart your computer by holding the power button for few seconds or pressing the restart button...." there was a power icon on the background. All this while the screensaver is frozen. No key on the computer would work. So i restarted as told, and when i relogged in, there was a error message saying ' os x quit unexpectedly ...' with report and ok buttons on it. This message is regular mac message if you shut down the computer with power button than soft shutdown.
Was that a message built into screen saver?

Hi CosMac,
what you see is called a "kernel panic". These articles might help:
Mac OS X: What Is a Kernel Panic?
Mac OS X: How to Log a Kernel Panic
Kernel Panics? Don't panic too!
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ
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