OSX reboots without permission on update install

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Is there a setting in Mavericks to tell it not to install updates and reboot without permission?
For many years, one of the reasons I liked Macs was that my Windows PC would often reboot overnight because Microsoft would decide it was a good idea to put out an update, losing me data in the process. That never happened with my Mac.
Now my Mac does the same thing. Last night there was an update to parts of the system I simply don't use (mostly Mail) and apps were forcibly shut down. My specific beef is that Chrome incongnito tabs can't be restored once closed, and I had a dozen or so open doing various things.
To cap it all, my Windows PC now asks for permission and gets rebooted once every couple of months.
Is there a setting in Mavericks to tell it not to do this? (Naturally, I Googled it, but nada...)

I managed to boot into safe mode (by holding shift), but what should I do now?

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