Making Adobe Reader work with Mac OS 10.6.4

I am about ready to give up... I have OS 10.6.4. I have loaded the proper version of adobe reader 9.3 and upgraded with 9.3.1; 9.3.2; and 9.3.3 but still cannot read a PDF file. All attempts to open result in the same error message: "There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired."
This happens with every PDF. Yet, I can open it on other machines. Does ANYONE know what I am doing wrong? I have to believe I am doing something wrong because it is the same on my IMAC and my MACBOOK PRO.
I do have some files that I can open (actually they open automatically) with Preview, but not all. And, the ones I cannot open I can open on other machines. ......Anyone.....anyone....
Thanks in advance to all those smarter than I for the assist.

I just bought a new iMac loaded with 10.6.4 and was also unable to open existing .pdf files. I downloaded and (I thought) installed the latest version (9.3.3) from the Adobe site but continued to get a message that the "Adobe Reader.app was not recognized by this version of Mac" (or something to that effect). It wasn't until I located the file in the Application folder, opened it from there, and was guided to complete the installation that I could use the program. Hope this helps.
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