Acrobat X won't open .pdfs on websites following recent auto update

I have Acrobat X Standard. It has worked properly for last 2 years. After receiving an auto update from Adobe last week, I can no longer open.pdf files on any website. Everything seems to work fine if opening.pdf files that are on local drives.

Hi allmanstudios,
Please run the Disk repair permissions and check.
You might also want to enable the root user account ( http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528 )and then check the performance.
Also make sure you have updated Acrobat to the latest patch i.e.v 10.1.8

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