Applying a signature to Acrobat 9 Pro cause it to close.

Whenever I try to apply a signature to a PDF it causes Acrobat I get an error window that reads, "The instruction at "0x00000000" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read"". Acrobat then closes and when I re-open it and try to work on the same document if I click on the signature I get another message stating that the signature, "contains incorrect, unrecognized, corrupt, or suspicious data, support information: SigDict/content ilegal data". The certs on the user's PKI are good, and are the same ones that are in the signature. Any ideas? Thanks.

I see you have the TerraGo Toolbar installed in your image
I have found that the TerraGo Toolbar conflicts when trying to digitally sign a PDF file - I have not figured out why.
The only solution I have so far is to uninstall the TerraGo Toolbar.

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