# PC suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 4, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158 "2004-08-04T14:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/1 "2004-08-04T14:21:50Z")
I’m about to do a reformat on the laptop… replacing XP Home with XP Pro… any suggestions for preventing spyware when I’m done? I’m not going to run any P2Ps, and I’ll be using Opera instead of IE. Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/2 "2004-08-04T14:26:49Z")
run a firewall? and myie2 is better then opera imo ---
**Author:** ![GNocide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gnocide/32/5947_2.png) [@GNocide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GNocide)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/3 "2004-08-04T14:30:13Z")
adaware, spybot search and destroy,cw shredder and popup stopper. and if you google, they are all free :blue: ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/4 "2004-08-04T14:36:31Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > run a firewall? and myie2 is better then opera imo how do i firewall? i know how to run Windows built-in firewall, but isn’t it next-to-useless? and what’s myie2? ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/5 "2004-08-04T16:45:38Z")
myie2 is a browser and the windows firewall works if you set it up properly… also you can set the TCP/IP settings to only allow certain ports in or out ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/6 "2004-08-04T17:53:03Z")
shit… after a fresh format, installing xp pro, and running no P2Ps, my laptop is fast as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/7 "2004-08-04T19:04:32Z")
Firefox \> \*.browsers and you should hook a nga up with that XP Pro install CD. :naughty: ---
**Author:** ![silvrhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/8 "2004-08-04T20:22:46Z")
Ok… IE has _SECURITY_ flaws that are excuted through scripts such as ActiveX and Javascript, DO NOT USE IE… No matter what firewall you put up, or turning off the activeX stuff (there are ways around it) spyware will be installed eventually… Use mozilla firefox plain and simple… Get yourself a NAT gateway router and 99.9% of your problems go away. Also get rid of outlook for your email, it’s using the same HTML engine… ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/9 "2004-08-04T20:29:28Z")
> [@silvrhand](#): > > Use mozilla firefox plain and simple… Get yourself a NAT gateway router and 99.9% of your problems go away. Also get rid of outlook for your email, it’s using the same HTML engine… I’m using Opera. Is Firefox better? As for Outlook, I don’t have POP3 email… I use Yahoo. ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/10 "2004-08-04T20:30:49Z")
yahoo can conver to outlook for free ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/11 "2004-08-05T05:19:27Z")
> [@Dick Starbucks](#): > > adaware, spybot search and destroy,cw shredder and popup stopper. and if you google, **they are all free** :blue: that’s the problem… some of those progam BRING IN pop ups… just be smart about it… i suggest buying a watchgaurd fire box and running it in line… i ❤ my firebox. ---
**Author:** ![silvrhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pc-suggestions/168158/12 "2004-08-05T06:58:44Z")
God yes… Opera is a decent browser but not on the caliber of Firefox/IE. Don’t get me wrong I like IE but the abudance of exploits is getting ridiculous, I’m sure they’ll be coming for Firefox soon too… > [@ShalerPunk](#): > > I’m using Opera. Is Firefox better? > > As for Outlook, I don’t have POP3 email… I use Yahoo.