All Program Files Attempting to Open in Acrobat?!?!?

Acrobat Reader is installed on my bosses laptop.
She stated that pop-up windows and issues were occuring with her new Samsung laptop. After uninstalling some non-reliable programs, all of the desktop shortcuts still displayed the Acrobat Reader image. I tried opening various files on the desktop and in the programs under 'start'. All of these files are directing the programs to open using Acrobat Reader. I am unaware if an update took place, as it's not my laptop.
Did an update cause this issue? How would a setting be chosen for all program files to open with the reader? I understand a prompt about a file type not recognized by the computer and doesn't know what program should be used, but everything?
What do I do? I am nervous to uninstall the reader, as it's tied to every program, factory installed and personally installed. If it was an update, how would it have done this to the machine?
Please HELP!!

See if any of the solutions in this article help: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/860/cpsid_86069.html

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