That is true JoeBlack40. I ran with ZoneAlarm Pro for a long time. It served me well until they released one version which majorly fücked up a lot of their users' computers.
After that, it was all downhill for ZA Pro. Their software, in my opinion, unfortunately became slower, more resource intensive and, most importantly, the user support forum and customer support died.
That is why I changed firewalls.
I trialled PCTools Plus Firewall after reading the posts of the experts on this form and asking for their advice.
I read many negative comments about Comodo, Outpost and Online Armour. Admittedly, some negative commentary about PCTools Plus Firewall, too. However, I had to choose one. PCTools Firewall Plus was my choice.
I will wait and see how it develops. The two problems I described above are annoying, yet not ground-breaking.
Will wait and see! :-)