Help with openning pdf's

Even though items are labeled as pdf's, they have a different icon and when I try to open them, I get an error message saying that they are "not a supported file type" or they have been damaged via email.  These are files that have never been emailed.

The trouble is primary with pictures, not documents.  The logo  is not the
Adobe logo but looks like a sailboat.  The document says  that it opens with
Adobe 9.3 (loaded on my computer) but then I get the error  sign.
Thanks,
In a message dated 6/16/2010 2:49:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:
They  fail to open even when you try to open them from within  Reader?

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