I ended up using BugBear's suggestion. It's working great.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Jody & Jennifer McCluggage <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Have you tried using Group Policy Preferences?  I have had better luck
> managing registry settings using them.  They were first included with
> Windows 2008 and are included in 7 but can be downloaded and installed on
> XP
> and Vista too.
>
> Jody
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibson,
> Samuel
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:43 AM
> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Disabling Acrobat JavaScript
>
> I have had mixed luck with the ADM template. If the user manually enables
> javascript it seems to stay enabled.  I ended up using the instructions
> found here:
>
>
> http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2010/01/how-to-make-adobe-reader-more-secure-usin
> g-group-policy/
>
> along with the registry values contained in the ADM template below to
> create
> a GPO.  In testing it seems to be working quite well.  It also disables
> javascript each time the employee logs in.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: [email protected]
> [[email protected]] on behalf of Bugbear
> [[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:04 PM
> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Disabling Acrobat JavaScript
>
> I use custom GPO or mgmt system that can edit HKCU
>
> a logon script for the user is another option
>
> Also check out the blacklist framework
>
> post my ranting I have compiled some info here (hey it was the holidays and
> I was annoyed)
>
> http://securitybraindump.blogspot.com/2009/12/adobes-0-face.html
>
> and also VRT has done some good research here
>
>
> http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2010/01/acrobat-javascript-blacklist-fram
> ework.html
>
> here's an ADM template for GPO, hope this helps
>
> CLASS USER
>
> CATEGORY "Adobe Acrobat/Reader 7.x - 9.x"
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Reader 9.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat Reader 9.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Acrobat 9.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat 9.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Reader 8.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat Reader 8.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Acrobat 8.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat 8.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Reader 7.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat Reader 7.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
> POLICY "JavaScript Acrobat 7.x"
> KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\7.0\JSPrefs"
> EXPLAIN "Enable or Disable JavaScript in Acrobat 7.x"
> VALUENAME "bEnableJS"
> VALUEON NUMERIC 1
> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
> END POLICY
>
> END CATEGORY
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Craig Freyman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > What have some of you done to disable JavaScript in Acrobat
> > Standard/Pro as well as Acrobat Reader from a corporate perspective?
> > I am referring to installations that are already in place.  Custom GPO?
> > I've found a few articles describing the registry setting:
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\JSPrefs]
> > "bEnableJS"=dword:00000000
> > This will work for XP clients but this key isn't in this place on my
> > Windows
> > 7 box. It is under HKEY_Users\(MY SID)\Software\Adobe.......
> > If this is the case, if I'll have to write a script that grabs the
> > user's SID before running the registry file on login.  Any other
> > options people have used?
> >
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