Well, Adobe Reader just tried to hijack my computer again. It did this before where it decided to open all .exe files, so I deleted it. I really need to read pdfs for research purposes so I reinstalled it tonight... same problem. Only this time deleting it made the .exe files not know what they should be opened with.
Think I fixed it. Unless my hacking with the registry just killed my computer and I don't know it yet.
I agree with Bear... there's something happening there for which the facts are not yet in evidence.
I've had trouble with Adobe products in the past... and then there was that Acrobat version a couple years ago that was pretty close to being a virus itself... but by and large it shouldn't be *that* bad.