I have been using ZoneAlarm free for a long time now. Today I got a popup window to tell me that I an using an old version which is no longer supported, and need to upgrade. I’m currently using version 11.0.000.020, so I downloaded the latest version which turns out to be 11.0.000.504, which to my mind is a very minor upgrade. Certainly not so major that the current version should no longer be supported!
When I went to install it the only option is to do a Quick Install with default settings, no chance of a custom install. So biting the bullet I select the Quick Install button to then get the License Agreement, which contains two check boxes to set ZoneAlarm Search as my default search provider and as my home page. I want neither, so click on the Agree button. This gives another popup which states ‘To enable “Agree” please check the two boxes’. Talk about forcing users in to doing things their way! I cancelled the installation.
Now I know I can undo these changes later if I go ahead with the install, but I strongly object to having any and all options taken away from me.