Solution for "AVG" antivirus makes BlueStacks run slow.

Purpose

Recommend changes to AVG antivirus settings that are interfering with BlueStacks running efficiently.

Benefits

You will be able to use BlueStacks without any slowdown even while AVG antivirus is running  on your PC.

Audience

All users who have AVG antivirus running on their PC’s and are experiencing that BlueStacks runs slow.

BlueStacks Versions affected 

All versions of BlueStacks 3

Geo's affected

All Geo's

Steps

AVG slows down BlueStacks due to one of its settings. Please update your AVG  antivirus settings as described below:

1. Go to 'Menu' > 'Settings' of AVG-Antivirus as shown below.

2. Click on 'Troubleshooting' on the left-hand side, uncheck the 'Enable hardware assisted virtualization' option, then click on 'OK' to confirm and reboot your PC. You should experience BlueStacks feeling a lot more zippy after this.

We genuinely appreciate your choosing BlueStacks. We hope you enjoy using it. If you have any further questions, please contact us at support at bluestacks dot com. Thank you very much.

Last updated on November 10th, 2017.