For machines I fix for family and friends I usually install Zonealarm basic mainly because its free and usually its to get rid of Norton they got with their machines. For myself at home, I have to use Pro because Basic blocks VPN access to my work network due to its limited features. ZA appears to have gotten more stable recently, possibly because of the buyout, the older V6 version used to crash on me quite often overnight and kill any offpeak downloads I had but the new V7 has only crashed a couple of times since I installed it.