WinDiff is an old but still useful utility from Microsoft. It can be used to compare two files or two folders. This utility was first released by Microsoft almost 29 years ago with the Windows operating system. It was designed to compare two files or folders and present the results in a color coded visual Read More …
Quick Hash is a file, folders and text hashing tool that can use a number of hashing algorithms such as MD5, SHA-1, SHA-3, SHA256, SHA512, xxHash64, Blake2B, and Blake3. In addition to calculating the hashes or checksums of files or text strings, it can also compare two files or hashes. It is an open-source tool Read More …
FairStars HashFiles is a handy tool to have on your PC. Using this little tool, we can find the hashes of multiple files in seconds. It does not support a large number of the hashing algorithms but offers some very common algorithms like MD5, SHA1, SHA256 and CRC32. It appears to use the native Win32 Read More …
File checksums are calculates using special one-way encryption algorithms like SHA-1, MD5 or CRC which give a unique checksum value for a particular file. If you change even a single byte of that file, its file checksum value will be changed completely. This is why checksums can be used to verify the integrity of files Read More …
JavaToExe is a small tool designed to make life a bit easier for the Java developers. It helps you quickly convert Java JAR files into EXE files in Windows for easy and quick execution. Developers who build applications using Java programming language know that when you compile a simple Java program, it first creates class Read More …
When you want to have the ability of verifying the integrity of your documents, you can digitally sign them. If your files are modified the embedded digital signature will become invalid and will indicate that file has been changed, has become corrupt or has somehow damaged. Similarly, you can add a timestamp to your files Read More …
When you upload a binary executable file (EXE, DLL, OCX etc) to the popular online virus scanner VirusTotal, it analyzes these files and shows you information about the possible compilers, linkers, packers and more. This information is useful for analysis and helps experts begin their investigation into how that program works and what it does Read More …
MiTeC DirList is a small portable Windows application that can be used to generate a list of all the files & folders on your hard drive or on network drives. It can be used to recursively go through the folders and make a list of all of their contents. It offers several filters that can Read More …
If someone sends you a file or it is downloaded from a website, how would you find out that it has not become corrupted during the download or it has not been modified by third party. One way to verify the integrity of files is through the use of file hashes or checksums. These hashes Read More …
