Adobe Reader X - strange behavior at failed instalation

I do not remember if I have ever any problems with installation of the Adobe Reader since I guess version 5 or 6.
But I am not able to install Adobe Reader X at all, using Adobe Reader 9.4.x on Vista64 Home Premium SP2.
I use Avast Free AV and Comodo CIS without AV.
Initially I did not turned them off as it was not ever needed.
I have I guess twice or 3 times downloaded install_reader10_cz_mssd_aih.exe   30 kB online setup file.
After launching it under alevated admin privilage ( normally working on limited account ) the strange things started to happen.
Process Explorer showed the new and new processes arising,
adding endless chain of "_1" suffixes to original install_reader10_cz_mssd_aih name.
After killing I realize, the original setup exe file from the download storage disappeared.
In the TEMP folder there was left file install_reader10_cz_mssd_aih_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_ 1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_ 1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1.exe
of the same size ( 730 kB )
No setup GUI or dialog windows appears, no error is raised.
Interesting thing is the same happens if I try to install Adobe Flash player online by elevated Firefox.   (  install_flashplayer11x32_mssd_aih_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1.exe   )
If I use my usual way by downloading setup from here   fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
everything does well.
The same above happened when I switched OFF on access scanners of AV, and FW and HIPS features of the Comodo CIS.
Regular Avast AV checks and SuperAntimalware/MBAM checks did not shown in last years any active infection.
No similar problems with instalation of other software.

You may want to try the following.
Remove all traces of Reader (not only the program) from your system using the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. This is no longer supported by Microsoft because it can produce problems with Win 7, but you can still download it from from places like
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4459
Then, you can download the Reader installer either form the ftp site or from here
http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/
and perform a clean install.

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