Can no longer view PDF files on internet

I can no longer view pdf files online. (I can open emailed ones) Can anyone please tell me what to check, what might have happened? thanks so much
I have a 2009 iMac using OSX 10.7.5. 2,66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Hi Maggy, I suspect you're using Adobe Reader plug-in, & hear it's broken in Lion,, remove it from your Internet Plug-ins folder, then try this one...
http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/

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Go to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
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