Opening of PDF files on my Safari web browser is not supported.

Whenever i click on a PDF link, i get a page with random characters.
This happens with all links to PDF files. The problem has occurred since I upgraded my OS to Mavericks.
Reseting Safari and restarting the mac doesnt solve the problem.
Any sugestions for solutions is highly appreciated.

Please enable guest logins and log in as Guest. Launch Safari and test. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and disable it if you wish.
Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Creating a guest user account

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