Posted by Peter Hallmark
I used to like the previous version of Zone Alarm -- from about 3-4 years ago. I just never got around to telling you this until now, because after years of the current version, Zone Alarm has really really really become annoying.
With the previous version, "Remember This Setting" box was not checked off by default. It used to be that I had to check this box each time to allow software to get past Zone Alarm. But once checked (if that's what I wanted), I wouldn't see the program request again because that firewall setting was remembered for that program.
If you're like me, however -- and many people are -- I prefer to give firewall permission to run the program each time it requests it, and I don't want to have to uncheck the box every single time! Every single time!! EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
Again, I really liked when Zone Alarm would ask me each time to allow a program to run without the annoying "Remember This Setting Box" always being checked off by default. Now I have to manually uncheck this box each time. Ad nauseam.
With the previous version, keep in mind that if someone didn't want to see the "Remember This Setting" firewall warning come up for a program, one simply had to check the box. That's also true of the current version. But if you want to have more control of what your firewall allows, you want to be able to give it permission each time without having to uncheck the "Remember This Setting Box" each and every time.
