Updates asks me to restart, but when it restarts, the same update is still there

When I go to my app store, it says an update is required for OS10.8.4, I clicked update and said a restart was required. I restarted it and the same update is still shown in my app store update. whenever I click on update, it immediately says to restart the computer, which I do and we go through the same thing again. I can't think what else I need to do.
I am new to Mac, and tbh when it comes to computers I am generally stupid. Please help a computer dummie. Thanks

Try downloading the update manually. With system issues present i'd recommend the combo update: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1659?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
While that update is downloading open Disk Utility which can be found in Application > Utilities folder. Select your hard drive partition and click 'repair permissions'.
As any OS update can be pretty invasive under the hood and the outcome can be unexpected on a system that is having issues (big or small), a backup is recommended before applying an update

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