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 …
FileFriend is the Swiss army knife of file operations in Windows. In this small program, you will find so many tools that can work on your files to split large files into smaller ones, join the smaller files back into large file, concatenate two or more files together, trim files, encrypt or decrypt files, and Read More …
IgorWare Hasher is a portable tool for calculating the hashes of files and text. It can also be used to verify the file hashes for the files that you have downloaded from the internet in order to check their integrity. Moreover, this tool can also generate the file checksum files that are used for verification Read More …
If you want to find out more about the internal structure and details of any file, then you can use a freeware tool FileAlyzer. This portable tool can analyze any file and show you all the technical information about that file. You can use it to analyze not only binary PE executable files, but so Read More …
Different types of document formats provide different advantages and are suited for different tasks. For example, Adobe PDF documents are great for archiving your documents while Microsoft Word documents are great when you are printing something out. For all of these reasons we have to convert the documents from one format to another very often. Read More …