How can I make Acrobat 8 pro stop trying to install?

Hello,
Background: I am using a Sony Vaio laptop with Windows Vista home edition.
I don't wish to create pdfs etc. right now, just read them with Adobe Reader 8.1 that is on my machine.  Right now, whether using Firefox or IE, if I attempt to view a pdf within a browser, the pdf displays briefly but then Acrobat 8 pro gives a pop up that says I must install to view. It then wipes the screen and I must hit quit on the pop up.  The way around this is to quickly save the file and then open it from the hard drive using Reader.  I would like to make this stop.  I have tried the following: uninstalling the trial version of Acrobat 8 pro on my machine and changing all default programs in both browsers that open anything related to a .pdf away from Pro and to Reader.  In the first case, my machine will not allow me to uninstall the trial software and the second 'fix' does not work either.  Despite the application to use clearly being specified as Reader, it still opens in Pro and problems commence.  Any advice? Thanks, Seth Myers

I'm in the same boat, it's been about 5 or so weeks (whenever the new iphone came out) and it's still downloading. Any help would be appreciated. I just updated to iOS 8.1 like 5 mins ago and nothing

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