Opening pdfs in internet using safari

I am using Mountain Lion OS and have experienced the problem of the "black screen" (Apple's blue screen equivalent) using Safari, when I go to an internet site that requires opening a PDF file. If I use Chrome as my browser I do not have this problem. I have also noticed problems with filling in an online PDF file when I was allowed to by the owner of the file. I can't say that this is related to the black screen but happened about the same time. This happened using both Safari and Chrome. I noticed the black screen for online PDFs when I had Lion OS as well. I have updated the Adobe software but nothing changed. I have checked the System Preferences for any change that I might have made but found nothing related or helpful. I have checked with Adobe but no response (as usual?)
Any suggestions please?

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.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.

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