Topics covered in this tutorial,
- What is Bluestacks App Player?
- is Bluestacks Safe on Mac & Windows Laptops?
- Does Bluestacks create any issues?
What is Bluestacks?
Bluestacks is a Virtual Android Emulator software. In plain words, it is a software which will allow us to use Android Operating system in our computers. This is available for both PCs and MacBooks.
You can use any kind of Android Applications on Computers. Millions of users are using Bluestacks everyday to play games like PubG Mobile, Candy Crush, Temple Run and to use Messengers like WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram and many such Apps on Windows PCs and MacBooks.
It is known that some Antivirus detect Bluestacks App Player as threat to Windows 10 or Windows 7 and 8 PCs/Laptops.
It is completely normal to have a doubt on any software once our Antivirus detect it as Malware but are Antivirus softwares correct always?
What is the truth behind this? Is using Bluestacks emulator really not safe on Macs & PCs?
Let us find out..
is Bluestacks safe?
Yes, Bluestacks is 100% safe. I have been using the Bluestack App Player from Past 4 years. Sometimes, few Antivirus software on Windows PCs detect Bluestacks Android Emulator as a malware but it is not true at all. Sometimes Antivirus can be absolutely wrong. You can use the Bluestacks App Player with confidence.
If your Antivirus keep on showing warning about Bluestacks virtual Android emulator then you must add this to trusted programs in your Antivirus.
Does Bluestacks cause any other problems?
To be honest with you, Yes, It creates few problems which are actually related to performance. This is nothing serious. It happens whenever we use a high end software which requires lot of Computer hardware resources like Graphics Memory, RAM, high Processing power etc.,
If you are using Windows 10 OS then sometime Bluestacks will crash or slow down your Laptop. Fortunately, there is a fix available for this problem, you can read about how to fix Bluestacks Crashing Windows 10?
You can avoid these problems by upgrading your personal laptop or desktop.
Still, not sure about using Bluestacks?
OK, If you have decided to ditch this software then I have a solution for you to use Android Apps on your computer. Check out the collection of Best Android emulators for Windows 10.
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Does Bluestacks Harm Your Computer?
No, It will not your harm your computer in anyway. But It will slow down your PC performance if you leave it open in the Background.