After update pdf files are empty

Yesterday I got a notification of an update for Adobe reader on a mac, OSX 10.7.5 After installation all my pdf files appear empty. Message is "could not be opened because it is empty". How to I fix this?

Hi dacyndaf,
It is highly unlikely for the update to have caused this.
Would it be possible to share the file with me so that I can have a look.
Are these pdfs created by acrobat or any 3rd party application?
Regards,
Rave

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