How can I get the Kaspersky Protection extension to work in Brave browser?

[fcvreqnynw]

I use Kaspersky Plus. I know Brave isn't supported by the extension, but I'm looking for a workaround. I tried renaming brave.exe to chrome.exe like it was suggested in other topics on this forum. The extension has been added to the browser, but doesn't work. The icon is greyed out, and when I click on it, the following image appears:

[harlan4096]

Welcome to Kaspersky Community.

 

Currently, Kaspersky Protection extension does not support directly Brave, but there is a trick I recall it worked, renaming Brave.exe to Chrome.exe, but You will have to do so every time Brave.exe gets an update.

[AlexeyK]

17 минут назад, harlan4096 сказал:

renaming Brave.exe to Chrome.exe

39 минут назад, fcvreqnynw сказал:

I tried renaming brave.exe to chrome.exe like it was suggested in other topics on this forum. The extension has been added to the browser, but doesn't work.

🙂

[AlexeyK]

57 минут назад, fcvreqnynw сказал:

I know Brave isn't supported by the extension, but I'm looking for a workaround.

What is the extension required for? The main functions of web protection, including https scanning, work fine in Brave.

[AlexeyK]

This strange method actually works. 🙂 But how it will affect the browser, web protection and extension functionality is a big question.

[Gionatan]

When i want to open Brave i run this file .bat as administrator:

 

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rem Brave to CHROME
rem *****************

DEL "%PROGRAMFILES%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\CHROME.EXE"

COPY "%PROGRAMFILES%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\BRAVE.EXE" "%PROGRAMFILES%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\CHROME.EXE"

"%PROGRAMFILES%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\CHROME.EXE"

exit

 

... so i don't start Brave by its icon.

[CLEsports]

On 10/7/2025 at 6:01 AM, fcvreqnynw said:

I use Kaspersky Plus. I know Brave isn't supported by the extension, but I'm looking for a workaround. I tried renaming brave.exe to chrome.exe like it was suggested in other topics on this forum. The extension has been added to the browser, but doesn't work. The icon is greyed out, and when I click on it, the following image appears:

@fcvreqnynw I made a PowerShell script that worked flawlessly for years getting the Kaspersky extension working for Brave. Here is the Powershell script:
 

###############################################
##      KIS Plugin workaround for Brave      ##
###############################################

## Kaspersky browser plugin doesn't officially work in Brave browser.  However, if the executable
## for Brave is renamed to chrome.exe, the KIS plugin magically works.  This script verifies that
## brave.exe matches the chrome.exe in the Brave Browser application directory & replaces it if not
####################################################################################################

$brave = "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"
$chrome = "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\chrome.exe"
# Get the file hashes
$hashSrc = Get-FileHash $brave -Algorithm "SHA256"
$hashDest = Get-FileHash $chrome -Algorithm "SHA256"

# Compare the hashes, copy files if different & log results
If ($hashSrc.Hash -ne $hashDest.Hash)
{
  Write-Host "Brave updated. Copying executable"
  Copy-Item $brave $chrome
  "Hash values of brave.exe and chrome.exe are NOT equal. Updated $((Get-Date).ToString())" | Out-File -FilePath C:\Apps\Brave-KIS-workaround.log

Then in Task Scheduler, you run that PowerShell script at sign-in using the following parameters:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -file C:\Apps\Brave-KIS-workaround.ps1

If needed, you can run the script manually too (as Admin) if needed. You can then change the icon to load the chrome.exe (at location listed above) instead of brave.exe.