Reader won't open a PDF

Adobe keeps saying the following "before viewing PDF documents in this browser you must launch adobe reader and accept the end user license aggrement, then quit and restart the browser" How do I get this to stop and also how do I get it so I can open a PDF

Have you actually read the message?  It says that you need to open the Adobe Reader application (not in the browser), then accept the EULA.

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    DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange, check this threat
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