Mac Lion macbook pro, download pdf files fails, no error messages but work in Safari.

On requesting a download of a pdf file the source supplies this but nothing appears in the Firefox download window. Same pdf appears happily in Safari. My MAC pro with same Firefox progreamme works OK also.

Disabling a plugin worked for me
Go to Tools, Add-ons, Plugins tab
then disable the plugin: Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in Version 10.1.3

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For a month now I have been unable to dowload PDF Files from websites.
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Back up all data.
Quit Safari. In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder... from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Copy the line of text below into the box that opens, and press return:
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then launch Safari and test.
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~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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