Hello,
Having recently bought a new computer I decided to DOWNLOAD ‘Adobe Reader 7’ off the internet so that I would have the ability to read PDF files.
After the download had completed I noticed that I had ALSO acquired a program called ‘Adobe Photoshop Album Starter EDITION 3’, which I did not ask for, and also my Internet Explorer had acquired an additional taskbar from ‘Yahoo’.
I also started having problems connecting to the internet that I didn’t have before. At first it was impossible to get into the internet apart from in an offline status. I eventually got access back by uninstalling the Yahoo taskbar using the uninstall programs tool in Windows and running a full system scan with my Norton anti-virus software. (The operating system is Windows XP home with SP2).
My problem now is that whenever I try to connect to the internet I get a message saying ‘Web page unavailable while offline’ and an option to connect with a connect button on the dialogue box. When I do so the internet seems to work OK. I have tried changing the homepage but I still receive the message.
My question is how do I get rid of this annoying message every time I try to connect to the internet and why has this happened in the first place? I thought such a POPULAR software download such as Adobe Reader could be trusted not to mess up a computer.
Any answers or comments will be appreciated.

Thanks,
John.
You have to be VERY careful when downloading Reader 7 or you will get all of this junk too. I would uninstall this as well as any toolbars and other programs you recognnize as new since then, reboot and see if that fixes it.  (Do this from Control Panel/Addand remove Programs. You can also do a system restore to a point before you installed all of tthis.

There are many other free pdf readers available. You might want to try them.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pdf+readerI would uninstall Adobe Reader, then go back to a Restore Point prior to the time you installed it, if you still have such a Restore Point.  Then, I would re-download Adobe Reader and, this time, be sure to uncheck the boxes for Yahoo! Toolbar and Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition.  The option to not install Yahoo! Toolbar and Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition is shown on the download site at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.  

I'm skeptical about your believe that installing Adobe Reader is the cause of that message your're seeing, the message saying ‘Web page unavailable while offline’.  I've installed Adobe Reader 7 on several computers, and I've never seen that happen as a result.  I'm inclined to think that's a separate issue.  Take a look at the Microsoft reference: "Web Page Unavailable While Offline" Message When You Click a Hyperlink a Second Time in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
IE>FILE>Work Offline... Untick it.

PDF?... Google for foxit.