Security Update 2008-5 seems to have generated no issues

Just updated 2 of my 3 boxes to the latest Update - third one just finished. I used the software updater, not the manual DL for this one.
I see no posts about it, so it seems that things are settling down.
This one is related to some hackers and the DNS system, among other things.
Another reason not to bother with AV software - - yet. Apple seems to be on top of most of these things.
Again, if this update comes along with an iTunes update I strongly suggest doing the iTunes first (no reboot required) and then doing the Security update (requires reboot). Both require admin authentication and I never trust doing simultaneous multiple updates.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

In my case there was an issue. My Powerbook is up to date and the iTunes update was separately applied prior to this (without problems). I Repair Permissions before and after doing updates. And I do a fresh Restart of the machine immediately prior to running Software Update.
In my case the Security Update was applied by Software Update. It downloaded without problems, moved to the Restart phase, installed there without problems, and then proceeded to shutdown and Restart.
During the Restart, I got as far as the white screen with the gray Apple logo and the spinning gear. Thirty minutes later it was still sitting there and a careful listen revealed that there was no disc activity going on.
So I did a forced shutdown of the Powerbook (hold power button for 10 seconds).
Then I did a Safe Mode reboot which worked fine, an immediate shutdown (no login) at the end of that, and then a reboot with reset of PRAM, which also worked fine. (The shutdown from the Safe Mode boot briefly put up the message that the Boot Cache files were being updated.)
At this point the machine continued to boot up normally. I did a Repair Permissions and Verify Disk, neither of which reported any problems, and looked in the Console but could find no messages that appeared relevant up to the point of the failed reboot or during the subsequent Safe Mode reboot and PRAM reset reboot.
Running Software Update does not offer the Security Update again and so Software Update thinks it is done -- as makes sense since the Console included the messages recording the update as having completed.
As best I can tell, my system seems to be functioning just fine at this point. Normal Restarts and all applications work without problem.
I can only assume there was something in the cache files that the original Restart was not happy with, which the Safe Mode reboot cleaned out of the way.
This was the first time I've had an issue like this with Restart after a Software Update.
--Bob

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    Renegatus wrote:
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