Irs.gov problem

The IRS website, irs.gov uses Adobe Reader to access its
forms, instructions, etc. Recently, I have not be able to open the
IRS forms. Either the screen is blank or a message "The file is
damaged and cannot be repaired" is shown. The IRS website help
person recommended that I uninstall and reinstall Adobe Reader,
which I have done, but which did not work.
Thanks for any help.
Eva

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