PDF popup, in FireFox, without being prompted

Question

Hello, I am using Windows XP Pro, SP3, fully patched and updated. My Adobe Reader is version 9.5.0. I am currently using FireFox 3.6.25, but this problem has been affecting my computer for the last year and a half, and happens with newer versions of FireFox, up to and including version 8. I downloaded a PDF file of an air compressor users manual and saved a copy to a folder on my desktop (where I store all of my PDF files). 
Now, whenever my FireFox browser is up and running, this PDF file will pop up every three hours, or so. It will initially pop up about ten minutes after the browser is started, and then about three hours after I close the reader program. It, neither the file, nor Adobe Reader, asks for permission to run, the PDF file, just comes up fully formed and running in Reader.
I have search in my Reader preferences/options/setting and can’t find any setting, control, action, button or choice that allows me to stop this pop up behavior. I can move the file to another location on my “c” drive, move it to another hard drive altogether, or even rename it, all to no avail, the popup behavior remains.
Is this a Adobe “problem”, or setting, a FireFox problem (as it only happens when the FireFox browser is running), or something else I am not aware off? Thanks for any help, in advance!!

Answer 1

Hello Ankit, and thanks for help:
This behavior only happens with this one PDF, no others, and I have hundreds saved to the same folder.
Speak of the devil, as I was typing the first sentence of this email, it popped up. My FireFox browser is set to start when I boot my computer, and that happened about ten minutes ago.
I rarely use IE and never use any other browser. When I do use IE it is only for those websites that still don't function properly with FireFox, and I generally get there via a FireFox add-on that opens a version of IE within the FireFox browser. Also on rare occasions, I will open IE directly to view my daughters school grades, again because that website doesn't handle FireFox properly. In any case, whenever I use IE, I only keep that tab or browser running for a very short period of time, just long enough to capture my data needs, generally less than five minutes, then shut it down,........ But, I don't recall this PDF behavior ever happening with the IE usage.
Here are the PDF's Document Properties:
Under the Description tab:
  Description:
    1.. File : Tecumseh_replacement_parts-7.pdf
    2.. Title: parts book.indd
    3.. Author: (blank)
    4.. Subject: (blank)
    5.. Keywords: (blank)
    6.. Created: 4/19/2005 9:00:26 AM
    7.. Modified: 10/31/2005 8:52:35 AM
    8.. Application: Adobe InDesign CS (3.0.1)
  Advanced:
    1.. PDF Producer: Adobe Library 6.0
    2.. PDF Version: 1.3 (Acrobat 4.x)
    3.. Location: C:\Documents and Settings\.....Temp\
    4.. FIle Size: 2.18 MB
    5.. Page Size: 8.50 x 11.00 in
    6.. Tagged PDF: Yes
    7.. Number of Pages: 50
    8.. Fast Web View: Yes
Under the Security tab:
  Document Security
    1.. Security Method: No Security
    2.. Can be Opened by: All versions of Acrobat
  Document Restrictions Summary:
  (everything is allowed except Document Assembly, Commenting, Signing, and Creation of Template Page)
Under the Fonts Tab: .......
Under the Advanced tab:
  PDF Settings:
    1.. Base URL: (blank)
    2.. Search Index: (blank)
    3.. Trapped: No (greyed out)
  Print Dialog Presets: (all greyed out)
    1.. Page Scaling: Default
    2.. Duplex Mode: Simplex
    3.. Paper Source by Page Size: No
    4.. Print Page Range: (blank)
    5.. Number of Copies: (dropped down box)
  Reading Options:
    1.. Binding: Left Edge
    2.. Language: (blank)
Tell me about, and how to do it:
If I understand your request, it means remotely accessing my computer's drives to observe the PDF's behavior, program settings and preferences, registery settings, etc. I am not comfortable doing that, as my computer has a large amount of proprietary business information and personal financial information. If there is information I can pass on to you manually, or if I can contact you when the behavior happens, that would be OK.
Thanks again for your help.
dgruber
From: Ankit_Jain
  To: dgruber06
  Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:23 AM
  Subject: PDF popup, in FireFox, without being prompted
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