Illustrator icons keep changing to a PDF icon?

Anybody know?
Why does my illustrator icon keep changing to a PDF icon each time i make a change to a file?
The only way I can get it back is to make a change to the title then change it back again.
Using illustrator CS3 and the latest adobe acrobat
Thanks Sarah

illustrator CS3 itself, or the files it makes?

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