Some PDF files won't Open

I am having problems opening some PDF files. It all started about two weeks ago. Some will open, some will not. My operating system is Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Adobe 9.4. When I go to open a PDF file from my email or the internet, I get the following:   Problem Event Name            App Crash
                                       Application Name                   AcroRd32.exe
                                       Application Version                9.4.0.195
                                       Application Timestamp         4c9b3e3c
                                       Fault Module Name                AcroRd32.dll
                                      Fault Module Version             9.4.0.195
                                       Fault Module Timestamp      4c9b3e3c
                                       Exception Code                      c0000005
                                       OS Version                               6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
                                       Locale ID                                   1033
                                       Additional Info                         0a9e
                                       Additional info                         0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
                                       Additional Info                         0a9e
                                       Additional Info                         0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789 
I have talked to several people about this and I have not found a cure yet. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
blade4855

While trying to find a solution for that issue, I stumbled across a post that describes a similar problem with jpegs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/979919
One reply suggests: "Are you sure that these images are send with a proper MIME type for images and not with a generic MIME type that makes Firefox show the "Open with" dialog? "
The suggested solution, an extension called Open-in-Browser https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-in-browser/
works fine regarding the pdfs in question, and is acceptable for me, although I agree with the poster from above, that " it is a bug that should be fixed instead of relying on an extension".

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