Firefox crashes when downloading attachments

For the past several months I have been having an issue with Firefox 3.6.8 and previous version(s) where it crashes when downloading a file. I download many PDFs from the web and our doc control system, so it usually happens on PDFs, but I have had it crash on an Excel 2003 file as well. I download 10 to 20 documents a day and it doesn't crash every day, so it is really random and I can't pin down the exact circumstances nor reliably reproduce it, but it happens a couple times a week. I typically don't close Firefox, so it will be open for up to several days (until it crashes) and I will put my laptop into standby with Firefox open. I will post more information when I can better capture the crash.

I tried all the fixes in https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+crashes+when+trying+to+download+a+file?s=crashes+when+downloading&as=s but I still get crashes either during or immediately after downloading. Almost all of the below crashes were caused by downloading, most, if not all by PDFs. I am using Acrobat 7 right now because I have the Acrobat Standard and prefer that over the newer version that is only a reader. I am going to try changing to the latest reader instead and see if that fixes this.
bp-f245b045-deab-4e23-85d2-e75932100914 9/14/2010 12:24 PM
bp-94d8dcdf-8333-4e24-b316-acb382100913 9/13/2010 12:35 PM
bp-8f23d41e-6335-47b1-89af-f5ff82100910 9/10/2010 3:40 PM
bp-55e10326-a814-44f6-8b17-6aef32100907 9/7/2010 4:06 PM
bp-34edf052-4dd6-4dce-83d5-fe9572100827 8/27/2010 1:55 PM
bp-1256cdaa-6690-452c-a645-230682100818 8/18/2010 1:25 PM
bp-140d1110-077a-4f9f-98f5-687302100816 8/16/2010 10:31 AM
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