Staring to feel really paranoid, can you guys recommend a easy use Check Sum verifier? Running Wi...

[G+_James Mitchell]

Staring to feel really paranoid, can you guys recommend a easy use Check Sum verifier? Running Windows 10

Must be open source

With an easy right click fiction would be good

Thanks

[G+_Black Merc]

Md5 is the first checksum that comes to mind... Back in the xp era there was an addon that right clicking on a file, the sub menu contained an option to calculate the Md5. I forget the name and source.

[G+_Ben Reese]

Windows will do it natively with PowerShell.

Get-FileHash path\to\file

 

If I remember correctly, SHA1 is the default. You can chose from a few hash algorithms.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-filehash

[G+_James Mitchell]

Windows 10 has one called fciv but you have to use the command line, not a big deal just a PITA

[G+_Brian Moses]

I put fciv.exe at C:\ .. open cmd and type cd \ (press enter) then type fciv -md5 and then drag and drop the file to be verified into command line window (press enter) then wait

microsoft.com - Microsoft ® File Checksum Integrity Verifier

[G+_Brian Moses]

if you want both md5 and sha1 type fciv -both then drag and drop the file into command line window (press enter) then wait

[G+_todd zimmerman]

I've been using WinMD5Sum Portable (https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/winmd5sum_portable -- part of the portableapps.com - PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable, and cloud drives suite) for a number of years.

 

By the way, PortableApps is really targeted for people who want to run apps suites from a flash drive, but I install them to my D: drive (I like that the apps don't entrench themselves deeply into Windows). Also, most of the Apps in PA are Open Source.

 

Up to this point, I've normally open WinMD5Sum then drag the target file onto the app. I just added a shortcut to WinDM5sum to my Send-To folder (for Win10, C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo) and the right-click Send To -> WinDM5Sum it works. [i'm not sure why I didn't do this earlier.]

 

Lastly, PA has Rapid CRC Unicode Portable that does CRC/MD5/SHA hashes, but I think it creates hash files, but doesn't render a hash value of a target file for verification. (I just installed it and played with it for a couple of minutes and now moving on to other things. I just saw this post and figured I'd make a quick reply.)

[G+_Ben Reese]

Oh yeah... I believe 7-Zip will do checksum from the Explorer context menu too. 7-Zip is one of the first applications I install when setting up a computer.