Overview:
Arpoon Checksum computes checksums of files. A checksum (message digest, hash value) is a kind of fingerprint that enables to uniquely identify a file or document. This can be used for authentication purposes or to track document modifications.
By way of example, this tool can be utilized to:
- uniquely identify a given file, thus using the checksum as a fingerprint.
- survey a file i.e. to check if a file as been modified by comparing its actual checksum with a previously archived value.
- look for possible duplicate of files by scanning hardware storage devices (hard disk, DVD, CD, memory sticks...)
- verify the authenticity i.e. genuineness of a fingerprinted document that has been sent to you (e.g. as an EMail attachment or by way of a download) by comparing its on-the-fly computed checksum with its (publicly available) stored fingerprint.
Computable checksums:
MD5, Adler, CRC32, SHA1, MD4, MD2, RIPE 160, SHA256 and ELF
Builtin functionality:
- Drag&Drop of files or directories
- Recursive calculation for directories strucutres (optional)
- Result list can be sorted (ascending/descending) by every single checksum type
- Link to files can be resolved (optional)
- Hash values can be displayed as hexadecimal or as a MIME-compatible base64 code
- Display of detailled file properties like attributes, size, date of creation...
- Result list may be exported to the clipboard or saved as CSV or HTML files
- During long run calculation, the computing progression is displayed
- Statistics on computation (average speed rate, file size ...) are automatically collected
- A warning message may be displayed before a time consuming computation is started
- Multiple files computation may be aborted during the calculation
- Checksum calculation for a very big files may be aborted too
- All options are maintened in an Ini-file, which is automatically saved in the current user's application data directory, allowing a per user configuration
- Runs under Windows 98 SE, Windows XP up to Windows Vista operating systems
![Screenshot of the main window](/img/checksum1.png)
Main window of the application
![Screenshot of the file information dialog](/img/checksum2.png)
Detailled file information dialog
![Screenshot of the programm options dialog](/img/checksum3.png)
Programm options dialog
Usage of Arpoon Checksum is not binding and without obligation. Though, it premises the aknowledgement of the terms of use and disclaimer of liability/warranty.
- Current version: 1.6
- License: Freeware
- Download link: checksum.zip
- File date: 2007/08/05
- File size: 483 Kilobytes
- Checksums of the executable programm file 'checksum.exe':
- MD5:31C618A95C99C197F10DF2B1BB7664AD
- Adler:2515BC6C
- CRC32:CF5F261D
- SHA1:687816D963B98BADB2BEFBFA892E9C79872676B7
- MD4:0955B50BB6B36DEAB3BCA6A5F99CFE04
- RIPE 160:4F0E0148E8CA0144EFABA33172C8BF781C43811A
- SHA256:30A2607E4F454B0A57319796CA4367503B4FB9A6396EFDC59536B45FF397B812
- ELF:0D3273F0
- MD2:C8725AEF191E5C4A2FC9D098C1A32C95