What is SumChecker?

SumChecker

SumChecker is a handy little software tool that helps you quickly calculate, check, and compare file hashes. It supports several hashing types like MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-256, and SHA-512. This makes it great for ensuring your files are secure!

Understanding Hash Functions

MD5, or Message-Digest Algorithm, is pretty popular. It creates a 128-bit value and shows it as a 32-digit hexadecimal number. So if you need something quick and simple, MD5 can do the job.

SHA-1 Overview

SHA-1, which stands for Secure Hash Algorithm 1, was made by the National Security Agency to improve upon MD5. However, over time it has been found that SHA-1 isn't strong enough on its own anymore. It produces a 160-bit value and is shown as a 40-digit long text format.

Getting to Know SHA-2

SHA-2, or Secure Hash Algorithm 2, helps make sure your data stays intact. It includes various functions but SumChecker uses SHA-256 (which gives you a 32-bit length) and SHA-512 (with a longer 64-bit length).

User-Friendly Interface

The application has two main tabs along with a "File" menu where you can save your generated codes to a file. In the "Generate" tab, just pick a file and choose which hash type you want to use. The unique values are instantly shown in the window where you can easily select and copy them! If you're feeling organized, you can save all this info to a file by simply picking where you'd like it to go.

Create and Compare Hashes Easily

A new text document is created for each hash type selected; you'll see that in the document's name. One thing to note: SumChecker doesn't let you calculate checksums for multiple files at once—it's one at a time here! But don't worry! If you're working with more than one file consecutively, it updates existing documents with the new hashes automatically.

The Compare Tab Made Simple

The "Compare" tab is super useful for checking if your encrypted files are still okay. You just need to point out a new file whose hash SumChecker will calculate right away or paste an existing checksum. Then the tool does its thing comparing those two values and tells you if they're identical with an "OK" message or different with "Failed." How cool is that?

Your Go-To Tool for File Security!

In short, SumChecker is an easy-to-use tool for securing and checking your files using MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-256, and SHA-512 checksums. If you're trying this type of software for the first time though, make sure to check out some documentation before jumping in!

How Download Works

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