Quote Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi View Post
FYI, Bluestacks will waste your bandwidth downloading things you don't want, because that's how they make money. Yes it works, but if all you want is something stable to download/use an app, you'd want something that utilizes the Intel HAXM layer for Android. Though in general that sometimes involves downloading an entire Android development kit, and that might be one straw too much just to use an app.

It's strongly not advised to use the software emulators for the authenticators however, as it defeats the purpose of having it on a separate device. Authenticators should only be on real hardware.
Oh I never notice. I have it installed, but I Run->msconfig_> disable autostart of just about anything non-essential/Same thing for services.