Opening pdf in IE8 Causes freeze

I'm not sure whats happened but using Adobe Reader 9.3 on my Win7 x64 desktop or my Laptop if I try to open a pdf in the browser it loads up and starts to display but then freezes IE 8.0. It's hit or miss and if I try several times it will sometimes finally open properly but the rest of the time it just freezes up IE 8 and I have to use task manager to close the browser and retry to open the file. The same files open fine using Adobe Reader so its not a problem with the files. This only started happening recently but as I said on both my laptop and my desktop computers and I'm going bald trying to solve the problem. Previously I had no issues with opening a pdf using the browser.
Things I've tried:
1. Using the repair feature in Acrobat Reader - No Joy
2. Completely uninstalling/reinstalling Acrobat reader - again no joy
3. Tried uninstalling Acrobat.com and AIR - still no joy
4. Tried someones suggestion about adding reg key for reader/install - starting to pull hair out
Basically I'm at my wits end trying to figure out whats going on. Anyone else having the same problem/issue?

I fixed the same problem by resetting the security of all zones.
Internet options->Security->Reset all zones to default level (you might get away with doing just the Internet zone)
Close all IE instances then rerun IE.
I was then able to open the PDF listed in a Google search.
See if this works for you.

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