Why won't pdf files display in safari?

I just upgraded to Lion I am trying to view douments on a website I had no issue with on Leopard. But now it is saying that the plug in is missing. I checked other options I removed the adobe plug-in and nothing. Then when i download the coument Preview isn't displaying it property. It's illegible had a bunch of dots and lines through the text.

From the Safari menu bar, select Help > "Installed Plug-ins." Is the Adobe PDF plugin installed? If so, remove it from /Library/Internet Plug-Ins, relaunch Safari, and try again. That's the Library folder at the top level of your startup volume, not the (invisible) one in your home folder.

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