How to configure settings in Avast Antivirus for BlueStacks 5

How will this help?

If you use Avast antivirus on your computer, configuring your antivirus properly will help you improve the overall performance of BlueStacks 5 on your system.


How can I do it?

Please follow the steps below to configure your Avast antivirus settings.

1. Open Avast Antivirus and click on Menu, as shown below.

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2. From the drop-down menu, select Settings.

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3. On the "Settings" page, click on "Troubleshooting".

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4. Uncheck the "Enable hardware-assisted virtualization" option. Reboot your PC. You will observe that BlueStacks now functions much faster

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Depending on which version of Avast antivirus you are on, these settings may differ.


Thank you for choosing BlueStacks. We hope you enjoy using it. If you have any further questions, please contact us at support@bluestacks.com. Happy Gaming!

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