Opening Some PDF's Problem.

I have a MacBook Pro with OS 10.8.5 and I use Safari/Mail to download pdf's from the web and mail and sometimes I can't open the pdf and other times I can. Why?

I have exactly the same problem. The interesting thing is that the file opens when I attach it to an email and open it out of the email. I already saw the advice you provided in  similar post from Aug last year and checked the security settings of the file and the folder. But according to that I have all rights.
My OS is Windows 7 Enterprise.

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