Acrobat 5 shows 'damaged' but Reader opens the file

Hi!
I have searched the forums for this, but not been able find someone describing the same problem.
I am using Acrobat 5.0.5. I frequently get the message 'There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired' when opening pdfs from various sources. When opening the same pdfs with Acrobat Reader 7.0, everything seems fine.
I've had this problem for quite some time, but it seems to be accelerating. Is Acrobat 5.0 not compatible with newer pdfs, or could it be pdfs made with 3rd party software? Do I have to upgrade my Acrobat version?
Grateful for any help! Thanks!
/Asa

I've been having this problem and don't know how to fix it. I can open some but not all downloaded pdf files in Acrobat 5.
My Version 9 of Reader opens all, so it's obvious that the files reported as corrupted are not really corrupted.
I don't think that I had this problem before I installed Reader.

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