Kaspersky protection extension in brave browser

[ziad189]

I have kaspersky premium edition installed in my pc (windows 11 pro), I tried to install kaspersky protection extension in brave browser but it doesn't work, is there any solution because brave is my default browser. 

[Flood and Flood's wife]

4 hours ago, ziad189 said:

I have Kaspersky premium edition installed in my pc (windows 11 pro), I tried to install Kaspersky protection extension in brave browser but it doesn't work, is there any solution because brave is my default browser. 

Hello @ziad189, 

Welcome!

Kaspersky does not support Brave for the Kaspersky Protection browser extension, Kaspersky do support Brave for Kaspersky Password Manager extension (KPM), some users hack the KPM Chrome extension, renaming it so it's used as Kaspersky Protection browser extension *but* then they no longer have it available as the KPM extension. 

*Any modification to Kaspersky software may void the software support contract* - READ: Support Rules for Kaspersky Software. 

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

Edited June 20 by Flood and Flood's wife
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[CLEsports]

@ziad189 I have been using Brave this way for years, by renaming brave.exe to chrome.exe. After that, the KAV plugin works in Brave. I made a simple PowerShell script to automate this and have it run every time I login.

###############################################
##      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
}

 

In TaskScheduler have it run at log on using the following parameters

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -file C:\Apps\Brave-KIS-workaround.ps1

Change file paths to wherever you decide to save the PowerShell script