What is brave.exe?

brave.exe is part of Brave Browser and developed by Brave Software, Inc. according to the brave.exe version information.

brave.exe's description is "Brave Browser"

brave.exe is digitally signed by Brave Software, Inc..

brave.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on brave.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBrave Browser
Company nameBrave Software, Inc.
File descriptionBrave Browser
Internal namebrave_exe
Original filenamebrave.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2016 The Brave Authors. All rights reserved.
Product version154.1.96.61
File version154.1.96.61

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameBrave Browser
Company nameBrave Software, Inc.
File descriptionBrave Browser
Internal namebrave_exe
Original filenamebrave.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2016 The Brave Authors. Al..
Product version154.1.96.61
File version154.1.96.61

Digital signatures [?]

brave.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBrave Software, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Certificate serial number0e982fddf06e93e911065d037d4dd482

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5295f1e096d3756145fe24e2132efde9a
SHA256fc51aa930cf5539a73a633b31a0d40fcb1ab986277fc2b98c25504ee7e44fc37

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to brave.exe:

brave.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

brave.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Brave Browser has stopped working.

End Program - brave.exe. This program is not responding.

brave.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

brave.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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