Acrobat 9 on Windows 7 - cannot open

At work we have a number of users running Windows 7 Pro x86 and Acrobat 9 Standard. Within the past two weeks I've had 3 users running this setup complain to me that they've been periodically seeing an issue where they cannot open a PDF file. After examining the situation I find that there are multiple instances of Acrobat hung up in the background. Once I kill all of these instances via Task Manager, I can open Acrobat just fine.
I'm wondering if the most recent Acrobat update (9.3.2) could possibly be causing this issue?

Hey jeroenb16613921,
Please specify exactly when you get this white popup screen. While opening a PDF or launching Acrobat by double-clicking on the Acrobat icon.
If it comes when opening a PDF, then where is this PDF actually stored?
Let me know more on the same so that I can analyze the issue.
Regards,
Anubha

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