Windows – How to block Bluestacks from accessing the internet

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I want to block Bluestacks on Windows from accessing the internet.

I tried blocking the main app Bluestacks.exe in the Windows Firewall but it didn't work.

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The correct application to block in the firewall is C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-Player.exe

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Windows – If you block an .exe file in Windows Firewall, are you also blocking the .dll files it uses or it needs to be done separatly

When Windows runs an executable, it may import some .DLL's. It may also import .DLL's later.

When you block an executable, you prevent it from importing any .DLL's that it would normally import.

HOWEVER, you do NOT prevent other applications from importing those .DLL's.

Some applications come with their own .DLL's, some instal shared .DLLs, and Windows has a plethora of .DLLs it makes available to any .exe as part of the Windows API.

Also, it is possible for a .DLL to practically be an executable and invokeable with rundll32.exe or through some other mechanism of the Windows API.

If you are whitelisting .exe's, you should whitelist .DLL's as well.

Macos – How to permanently remove uhd-Agent from startup / login items with Bluestacks

Trash

BlueStacks.app/Contents/Runtime/uHD-Agent.app

by calling from a Terminal:

rm -rf /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/Runtime/uHD-Agent.app

Then remove it from the login items for the last time.

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