Acrobat 9 Pro: Sudden license issue prevent use

When trying to open a pdf document in Acrobat 9 Pro, I get to open it, but after a few seconds a window pops up, titled: “Licensing for this product has stopped working.”
The message reads: “You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product or contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support for help.
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It is not possible for me to reinstall. My Acrobat 9 Pro started as Acrobat 5 many years ago, and since I have downloaded all version upgrades. I don’t have all the version upgrades anymore, hence I contact you. How to fix?

Ravi and Virtualmonk1,
Thanks for your responses.
The licensing repair tool kit worked very well, although when running it, no indication was given that it had performed its job, like "completed", "updated" or similar, which was a little confusing.
My Avira Antivirus indicated no trojans.However, I have experienced several times that various antivirus software give false warnings, because they find some elements of teh software to resemble some trojan behaviour.
Regards,
Frode

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