Reviews of Fortres 101

1. 
   dirkdirk

   Reviewing 5.5 Build 1725 (Feb 4, 2007)

   iamtux can you tell how you do it ?i cannot disable fortres
   thx
2. 
   iamtux

   Reviewing 5.5 Build 1722 (Nov 9, 2006)

   Back in high school I devised a clever way to get around this, it was really extremely simple. It didn't do it's job well anyway IMO.
3. 
   SheeEttin

   Reviewing 5.0 Build 1067 (Oct 26, 2005)

   My school has Fortres 101 (I think), and like someone else said, it's a b**** to get around. However there seems to one vulnerability never corrected: the ability to right-click in an Open dialog and select the "Open" (Not to open with the program) or "Explore" options. Once you have an Open dialog (Word works well), you can navigate to C:\Windows\system32\command.com or cmd.com and run one of these. Presto--instand DOS prompt. The only challenge here is to turn off Fortres 101 itself. Edit seems promising, though autoexec.bat and system.ini are inaccessible. Also, no Fortres directory appears in Program Files.
   
   All in all, it only requires clever workarounds to defeat.
4. 
   m940822

   Reviewing 4.1 Build 503 (Aug 20, 2001)

   This product is a waste of time, i had to administer a system with 101 installed. it's security leaves much to be desired, its so easy to hack and gives a false sense of security for people like me who have to administer. although i must say that fortres grand' new application, cleanslate is much better
5. 
   litoby

   Reviewing 4.1 Build 503 (Aug 18, 2001)

   actually, at my high school, five years ago, i have found ways around fortres since version 2.5! then 3.0 and 3.5. i have an entire list of hacks and i learned that by hex editing the program in an earlier version, there was a universal program (getting at the files so i could hex edit it alone was quite a task involving some good thinking) and it was incredibly hard then too, because a boot disk was not an option as our administrator used a program that disables the system from booting from ANY floppy other than a master key floppy that had a signture on it that it recognized. that was the biggest b**** to get around. i suggest you mention that to your administrator. i don't recall the name of the program now. in my opinion, i believed 3.5 was the best version. 4.0 just made things more complicated and got a little buggy. that was around the time that they still used a logo of calvin from calvin and hobbes on their manuals and diskettes. those copyrighting bas****s. haha. by toying with fortres back then ieven learned of a disable the ctrl-alt-del function that was built into windows by adding a line to system.ini. i had no idea.

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