Questions about malware removal

This may not be the place, so I would welcome some direction
to progress this problem.
It concerns Adobe Acrobat 8(Free) which I downloaded, then decided
I didn't trust it, so I uninstalled it.
What was happening was that SUN Java kept popping up demanding to be
upgraded. One I did it once it was back again for more. I connected the
two Sun and Adobe so Uninstalled both.
I installed Foxit Reader as a substitute.
This did not do the trick. Adobe is prompting me to upgrade Acrobat.
Hijackthis shows BHOs related to Acrobat Speed launcher and a Sun Java
Scheduler. Removing them lasts for only a few minutes.

I searched for Adobe in my Registry and was amazed at the number of entries
including a large block of unreadable code, and about 20 references to their
website.
There are attached a good number of references starting with Acc too.

I have read on the web that so far this is not removeable so I have not
dared to
touch it.

Any comments would be welcome, even a solution