Requirements and risks of using Andy OS (Andyroid)

The Andy emulator allows you to run your APKs on Windows and MAC. When it appeared way back in 2014, Andy was probably the best Android emulator for Windows. Even on top of popular alternatives like Bluestacks or Youwave, something that motivated me to write about it in this article. Although the tutorial and all the complete information can be found below, including its requirements, I can no longer recommend it because it was detected that minaba bitcoins.

With Andy you can emulate your APKs on Windows

As seen on your website Andyroid.net, from where you can download it for free, they make a comparison between Andy, Bluestacks and YouWave. The former significantly outperforms the remaining two by offering a ton of really cool and useful features.

The fact that it works on Windows XP, 7 and 8 as well as Mac OSX is really very attractive. It has full support for the Google Play Store (download and installation of applications), Android in full screen, application synchronization, use of the cell phone as a remote control, integration with camera, microphone, and much more.

Andy vs. Bluestacks vs. YouWave

The highlight of Andy is that, despite looking far superior to the competition, it is completely free, although they have already found a way to monetize it (which you will not like at all).

Emulate Android on Windows with Andy

Fortunately, Andy is very easy to install and in just a few steps you will have Android on your computer. All you have to do is download this emulator. You run the installer and you follow the typical installation steps of any Windows program. Now, you must take into account what I indicate below during that installation process (for basic users):

• Andy’s program is nothing more than a virtual machine running Android (a custom Android ROM to be more exact). You do not need to configure this virtual machine. You just have to follow the installation steps indicated by the software and Andy will do it all for you. At the end you just have to run the program, like any other in Windows, to open Android on your PC.
• If you already have Virtual Box installed on your PC (whatever version it is), uninstall this program before starting.
• Within the installation process, on the Select Components screen choose Full Installation and make sure that all the boxes are activated (Andy Player, Android image and Virtual Box 4.3.10). Compact Installation and Custom installation are only options for advanced users.

• During the process there are several screens asking if you want to install Oracle device software. You must click on “Install” in all of them. All of this software is necessary for Andy to function properly in Windows.

• Windows Firewall can block Andy. If when you open the program the first time you are shown a Windows Firewall screen, you must allow Andy’s access using the respective button for it. If you don’t do this, when you open the program you will only see a black screen and then it will close itself.

Update: If you have security concerns in this regard, try canceling Andy’s access to go through the Firewall. If it doesn’t work like this, reinstall, allow access and after it works, open Windows Firewall and block access. By doing it this way it continued to work for me without any problems.

• Make sure the installation of the program finishes successfully. It happened to me that the PC was restarted for no apparent reason just before finishing. When opening the program after this, it only had a black screen and did not go beyond there. I had to install again and this time the installation finished successfully and Andy booted up without a problem.

How to set up and use Android on Andy

Once all that is completed, you can start configuring Android in Andy. You will have the typical Android configuration assistant, which is the one we have when we are configuring a new device. This is easy; you just have to follow the respective configuration steps.

In the part of indicating a Google account you may have problems about how to put the at @ in the email address. It worked for me using Shift + 2 (which is the key where I have the @ symbol). Neither the Alt Gr + 2 combination helped me, nor the ASCII code Alt + 64, or the Ctrl + Alt + Q combination.

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Almost at the end you will have a screen of the 1ClickSync application indicating that you enter your Google credentials to synchronize the applications that you install in Andy on your devices (that use the same Google account). I want to have very separate what is Andy and what I have on my devices so I did not enter any account and click on the start button of the tablet to exit this screen.

That’s practically it. From now on you can start using your new Android tablet on your PC. As I indicated at the beginning, Andy not only serves to emulate Android on the computer but also to use it in games, and many other things.

As you can see, the Android interface in Andy is that of a tablet: the applications you install will detect this interface and work based on this. Yes, Andy already comes with the Play Store installed so you can start downloading any application or game available in that store and start using it within the screen of your PC. Candy Crush for example, works perfectly. This implies that you can now use WhatsApp on your PC and any other application available for Android.

Andy emulator requirements

Due to the multiple number of drawbacks that readers cite, I think it is prudent to list the requirements that the PC must have to be able to install and use Andy without problems, taken from the FAQ available at http://andysupport.s3.amazonaws.com/Andy_FAQ_1.1.pdf

Minimum PC Requirements:

• AMD or Intel dual Core CPU that supports `Virtualization’
• Windows 7/8.x x86 or x64
• 3GB RAM
• Up to 20GB Fee Disk Space
• OpenGL ES 2.0 capable video card

**NOTE Make sure ‘Virtualization’ is enabled in BIOS.

It is vital to take into account the last line that indicates that it is necessary for the CPU to support virtualization and that this feature is also enabled in the BIOS. In addition, it will be very useful for those who have problems, consult any questions on the help page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AndySupport/

(Thanks for this input Kevin!)

Andy mina Bitcoins en tu PC

This is the disastrous part of the Andy emulator and its reputation. The matter was done popular on Reddit Recently.

A user of this website was the one who discovered that his PC’s processor was using more than half the resources after Andyroid was installed. The investigation led him to find the AndyCloudCPU64.exe file, which was the one mining cryptocurrency on his computer. VirusTotal’s analysis clearly demonstrated this, although the user claims that this file undermines the Monero cryptocurrency.

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There is no way this person could be wrong, since the digital signature of the AndyCloudCPU64.exe file is from Andy OS Inc. So it was put by the creators of this software.

This novelty was found in Andy with Android Marshmallow, but also in version 47 of the software. In any case, it is best to immediately uninstall this program and verify that the CPU usage afterwards, because it seems that the uninstallation does not guarantee the elimination of mining. If you cannot see the Andy OS program in the Windows program list, go to Andy’s installation folder and run the “uninstall” file or whatever it refers to.

The best thing you can do is install a reliable Android emulator for PC like android-x86.org. It is available for free and in the latest version of Android, which is Oreo. You will need to download the system in ISO format and install (emulate) it through Virtual Box. It is basically the same as how Andy works, only in this case it is a safe alternative and the installation work is a bit more technical.

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