WallFly 1.199

1.8 out of 5 stars 1.8 (10 votes)

(April 21, 2005)

Windows 2000/XP / Commercial Demo; $39.99 / 545 downloads

WallFly is a parental control application that can limit the daily time of computer and game use. It also allows for weekly budgeting of computer / game time. It protects children from objectionable game content using ESRB based ratings and enforces family computer-use policies. It has an extensive and ever-growing database of games so it knows which programs are games and which are not.

  • Publisher

    SMARTguard Software

  • Homepage

    WallFly

  • Limitations

    Yes - 14 day timeout

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Improved process flow

    - Corrected random database download error

Reviews of WallFly

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Ghostly

    Reviewing 0.127 Beta (Mar 20, 2005)

    With regards to WallFly's anti-hacking methods:

    1. We fully expect hacking will happen and but that around 95% of the time it will fail. Of those kids that succeed, we estimate we will detect it and alert the parents around 9 out of 10 times. So, very few kids will slip by without the parents getting an alert. There are easier ways to circumvent the program - guessing the parent's password.

    2. The version being beta tested has some of the anti-hacking features turned off for debugging. This beta release is aimed at enlarging our game database, as documented in the readme. However, if a user want to email us feedback as to hacking, that is fine too.

    3. The primary anti-hacking notification is generally sent days or weeks after the hack occurs. To test this, disable your WallFly application and wait up to a few weeks. The purpose of this alert is to let the parents know there is a bigger problem then just "setting limits". The delay in notification will reduce the number of false alarms.

    Hope this helps,

    Jerald Block

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    shatteredtruth

    Reviewing 0.127 Beta (Mar 20, 2005)

    It took me 3 min to completely disable this program. All it would take is someone to post the procedure online and the program becomes useless.

    They must think children are stupid !

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