AdobeUpdater problem

[David75]

On 2 of my many comps, AdobeUpdater.exe is a major problem.
This process launches with any adobe soft: mainly reader.
Then it goes 100% CPU and is totally unkillable (process kill, tree kill, APT etc...)
The only way of getting rid of this guy is shuting down the comp and then remove any trace of this process in the system before opening any adobe soft.

Do you know this problem and is there a cure better than just erasing the thing?
I've tried googling the problem, but had no real solution or good thread about it.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Edit: Funny how as of yet I'm trying alternative pdf readers. As far as I know Adobe does not communicate on this problem appearing with reader 8...