Kaspersky Protection browser extension
In order for Kaspersky Free to fully support browsers, the Kaspersky Protection extension must be installed and enabled in the browsers. Kaspersky Free uses the Kaspersky Protection extension to inject a script into traffic. The application uses this script to interact with the web page. The application protects data transmitted by the script using a digital signature. The application can embed the script without using the Kaspersky Protection extension.
The application signs data transmitted by the script using the installed anti-virus databases and requests to Kaspersky Security Network. The application sends requests to Kaspersky Security Network regardless of whether or not you accepted the terms of the Kaspersky Security Network Statement.
When working with your browser, the Kaspersky Protection extension allows you to:
Inform about suspected phishing.
To report a suspected phishing website:
- Make sure you are on the page that you suspect is a phishing page.
- In the toolbar of the browser, click
Kaspersky Protection. - In the extension menu, select Inform about suspected phishing.
- This opens a window; make sure the window displays the web address of the website you suspect of phishing.
- Click Inform.
Your report will be delivered to Kaspersky Security Network.
To inform about a website problem:
- Make sure you are on the page that you want to report as problematic.
- In the toolbar of the browser, click Kaspersky Protection.
- In the extension menu, select Inform about website problem.
- This opens a window; make sure the window displays the web address of the website.
- Describe the problem in the text box.
- Click Inform.
The message is delivered.
Installing the Kaspersky Protection extension in Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome
In Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers, the Kaspersky Protection extension is installed automatically. Kaspersky Free prompts you to activate the extension. In the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, the Kaspersky Protection extension is also installed automatically, but the application does not prompt you to activate the extension. You must take steps to activate the extension on your own.
Yandex Browser support
When using Yandex Browser, the following application components are operating:
- URL Advisor
- Safe Browsing;
- Anti-Phishing.
Internet Explorer support
Starting with Kaspersky Free 2021, the Kaspersky Protection extension will no longer support the browser Internet Explorer. If you want to continue using the Kaspersky Protection extension in Internet Explorer, you can go back to the previous version of the application.
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