Safari 4.0.3 crashes when downloading a .PDF file

Whenever we try to download a .PDf file, Safari crashes with this error. "The application Safari quit unexpectedly. The problem may have been caused by the Acrobat Plug-in."
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Brian Bowell
Berkley Normal Middle School.
New Zealand.

Greetings,
Are you trying to download a PDF file, or open one in Safari? There's a difference, so you need to be clear as to what you're really doing.
For the sake of argument, I'll assume you're trying to open a PDF file in Safari. In that case, the problem is the Acrobat Reader and it's plugin. You don't need either one, because Safari is perfectly capable of rendering PDF files all by itself, and faster than Adobe Reader.
You should use something like AppDelete to remove Adobe Reader and it's plugin entirely, then restart Safari and try opening a PDF file. You should have no problem.

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