Two simple changes to your Adobe Acrobat program (Reader, Standard or Pro) can help make your Acrobat program more secure and thwart some serious security gaffs.

The changes are quite simple.

Open Adobe Acrobat (reader, Standard or Pro) by clicking on the desktop icon or any pdf document.

Click on “Edit” from the menu bar.
Scroll down and select “Preferences”
Scroll down through the list and highlight “JavaScript”
On the right hand side un-check “Enable Acrobat JavaScript”
Now scroll further down the list until you come to “Trust Manager”
On the right hand side un-check “Allow opening of non_PDF file attachments A with external applications”.

Click on “OK” and your finished.

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