network broadcast from bluestacks - Beacon-v1 - bluestacks

Question

The latest update of Bluestacks is sending a network broadcast every 2 seconds from port 10505.
Beacon-v1|pcName|WindowsPC
OpenSensor-v2|54321
to IP 255.255.255.255
this wasnt happening with the previous version. is this some autosync announcement waiting to talk with another device? i dont want bluestacks talking to other networked devices unless i tell it to do so. i havent checked off or agreed to anything yet that says it requires a network broadcast like this.
even if it's only 53 bytes it's still network pollution to me. how can i turn this off until i actually want it ? thanks
package com.example.test5;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
public class DBAdapter {
private static final String TAG = "DBAdapter";
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "TestDB"; //Database Name 'TestDB'
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION =1; //Change Version to upgrade db
private final Context context;
private DatabaseHelper DBHelper;
private SQLiteDatabase db;
public DBAdapter(Context ctx)
{
this.context = ctx;
DBHelper = new DatabaseHelper(context);
}
private static class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper
{
DatabaseHelper(Context context)
{
super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
}
#Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db)
{
db.execSQL("create table USER(Id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,USER_ID TEXT NOT NULL,USER_NAME TEXT NOT NULL,PASSWORD TEXT NOT NULL, ACTIVE_YN TEXT NOT NULL default 'Y')");
}
#Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion,
int newVersion)
{
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS USER");
onCreate(db);
}
}
//---opens the database---
public DBAdapter open() throws SQLException
{
db = DBHelper.getWritableDatabase();
return this;
}
//---closes the database---
public void close()
{
DBHelper.close();
}
//---insert a User into the database---
public void insertUser(String USER_ID,String USER_NAME,String PASSWORD)
{
ContentValues initialValues = new ContentValues();
initialValues.put("USER_ID", USER_ID);
initialValues.put("USER_NAME", USER_NAME);
initialValues.put("PASSWORD", PASSWORD);
db.insert("USER", null, initialValues);
}
//---updates
public boolean updateUserStatusById(String USER_NAME,String USER_ID )
{
ContentValues args = new ContentValues();
args.put("USER_NAME", USER_NAME);
return db.update("USER", args,
"USER_ID='" + USER_ID+"'", null) > 0;
}
//executing query and it returns fields which are specified in the query ..........
public Cursor getQueryResult(String MY_QUERY) throws SQLException
{
return db.rawQuery(MY_QUERY, null);
}
}
Nandakishore P

Answer 1

I find this to be an annoyance as well and would like to turn it off. So far, I have found that the offending executable is:
C:\program files (x86)\bluestacks\hd-frontend.exe
And in C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Logs\BlueStacksUsers.log there are entries for:
2015-12-10 08:46:56.378000 HD-Frontend( 2632: 4588): 1 INFO OpenSensor: Beacon port 10505, interval 2000, host name MYHOSTNAME
Having a block entry every two seconds on my firewall is unacceptable!