A lot of people often wonders whether or not Bluestacks is safe. If you are one of them, then you have come to the right place!

Bluestacks – What is It?

Bluestacks is basically an Android Emulator for Mac and Windows. Android Emulators are responsible for letting your games and android applications run on your desktop. It is used by 370 million+ people for playing games on their PC.

Is Bluestacks Slowing Down Your PC?

Bluestacks need at least 2GB RAM, so that it can it can run on your computer perfectly. A lot of people install Bluestacks even when their computers clearly lack the basic criteria required for running Bluestacks. In that case, the computer performance gets affected, i.e. the computer performance slows down in case of low-end specification computers. You don’t need to worry about the computer performance if you are using a high-end specification computer.

Basic Requirements for Installing Bluestacks in Windows PC

1. Administration privileges
2. Latest graphics drivers
3. 5GB disk space
4. AMD or Intel processor
5. 2GB RAM
6. Windows 7 or higher operating system

Basic Requirements for Installing Bluestacks in Mac

1. Latest graphics drivers
2. Administration privileges
3. 4GB disk space
4. 4GB RAM
5. Operating system – Mojave, High Sierra, and Mac OS Sierra

Is Bluestacks Containing Malware?

Several tests had been run by trustable antiviruses like Avast, AVG, Norton, Kaspersky, and McAfee. No malware threats were found. Although it is clean, some people say that their antivirus keeps popping up warning that there is threat on Bluestacks.

You can follow these steps in order to stop those notifications.

• Add Bluestacks to your list of antivirus list of trusted programs.
• Make sure that your antivirus is updated to its latest version.
• Make sure that your Bluestacks is also updated.

So, now you must be wondering that why do the antivirus show threat? When you install Bluestacks on your computer, you will see that it will ask you to disable any third-party antivirus or real-time protection. Don’t worry that something bad will happen if you disable. There is absolutely no risk and your computer will not be harmed in any way. Go to your settings and disable the real-time protection and antivirus as instructed. Antivirus show threat whenever they detect certain activities that resembles the behaviors of a “virus”. So, when you install bluestacks on your computer, these are the things that happen:

• Program-related files get modified.
• Auto-start
• Privileges of installing, starting, and stopping windows services.
• Program files get written into Windows folder.
• Windows registry gets written into Registry editor.

These activities are similar to the activities of malware, as a result of which certain antivirus detect threat even when it is completely safe.

Is it Safe or Dangerous?

No crypto mining, spyware, or malware were found in Bluestacks when tested. Yes, it is indeed safe. If you want to use Bluestacks safely, follow these steps.

1. The Bluestacks need to be downloaded from the legit website.
2. Make sure not to use internet-learned techniques for running it on devices with low-end specifications.
3. Make sure to only install trusted applications in Bluestacks from Google Play Store.