Firefox 19 comes with a new PDF viewer add-on called PDF.js; it is absolutely terrible! The first PDF I tried to display (http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/adobe_reader_reference.pdf) looks like this
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To fix this and use the Adobe Reader plugin: Tools | Options | tab Applications
change (Portable Document Format)
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to
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Now the PDF document displays correctly in the Adobe Reader plugin
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In case you do not see 'Portable Document Format' under the Applications tab, you may need to reset your Firefox profile (Help | Troubleshooting | Reset Firefox).