PDFs not opening online or in email attachments

Recently my MacBook Air (OS 10.7.5), my iPad, and my iPhone have not been consistently opening PDF files, either from the Internet (informational downloads from a website, for instance) or email attachments, some of which have previously opened successful. Oddly enough, my MacBook Pro (also 10.7.5) will open some of the files that the other devices don't, but not all of them. We have tried updating the newest Adobe Reader, renaming the files, printing as a PDF…nothing has worked. Any tips?

Right click on the PDF in your browser and select Save Link As to download the PDF file locally. Then,
1.       In your web browser, choose File > Open (or Open File).
2.       (Windows only) From the Files Of Type menu, choose All Files.
3.       Click Browse.
4.       Select the PDF you have saved previously, and then click Open to open the PDF. If Acrobat or Adobe Reader displays the file but doesn't display it on the web, the web server has a problem serving the PDF file. Contact the webmaster of the site from which you downloaded the PDF file.

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:45:23 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Why will PDF not open from email?
How are you guys working your way around the issue for now?
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