Safari won't launch after security update. ATSServer issue?

I installed Security Update 2008-007, restarted my machine and went to launch Safari. The icon bounced but the menu bar at the top didn't change to Safari and after a few minutes I got a window appear telling me Safari had quit unexpectedly.
I went through some forums and tried a bunch of fixes: I re-installed, trashed the prefs, history etc, removed all the plug-ins but none of this worked.
In the end I found mention of the ATSServer, which I killed in the terminal. Immediately Safari launched. What's the issue here? Has the latest update caused a problem with ATSServer?
My Mac is:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: PowerMac10,1
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.9f1

I presume when you were doing the Repair function booted from the CD that eventually you said "Repair" and it scanned the drive and said in green, "No problems found" or similar stuff.
Another way to effect repairs is to hold down the Shift key at Startup, which does a Disk Repair as it starts up, so it takes a while longer that usual, then loads the smallest-possible set of extensions and boots into "Safe Mode".
Directory problems like "Keys out of order" or reports that there is a problem, but Disk Utility cannot repair it are a serious concern, and may require industrial-strength disk recovery tools.

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