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HashCalc for Windows

By SlavaSoftFreeUser Rating
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Key Details of HashCalc

  • Compute message digests, checksums and HMACs for files, and text and hex strings.
  • Last updated on December 26, 2011
  • There have been 9 updates
  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors' Review

Download.com staff

This comprehensive checksum calculator couldn't get much easier to use. HashCalc's simple dialog-size interface dispenses with glitz to plainly list input and results. The program's single page Help file adequately explains program functions, but expects users to be familiar with the field of checksums.

The display consists of a text box for the file path or text that is to be checked. Below that line are 13 common checksum algorithms. A checkbox next to each makes it easy to indicate whether the app will calculate the file checksum for that algorithm. Operating HashCalc is as easy as dragging a file to the program's interface. As soon as you let go of the file, the app immediate calculates and displays the checksum for any of the checked algorithms.

In addition to calculating file checksums, the app calculates checksums for text and hex strings. Calculating checksums using Hash Message Authentication Code takes only entering the text or hex key before dropping the data file.

Testers had only a single complaint about HashCalc. The program could use a single button method to copy all the checksums to a text file. As it is, users must select and copy checksums one at a time. Nevertheless, system administrators, file traders, and anyone who needs to check transferred files will want this freeware.

What's new in version 2.02

Version 2.02 fixes minor bugs.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
January 15, 2008
Latest update
December 26, 2011
Version
2.02
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 10, Windows NT, Windows ME
Additional Requirements
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
88,189
Downloads Last Week
357

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User Reviews

4.1/5

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Developer's Description

By SlavaSoft
Compute message digests, checksums and HMACs for files, and text and hex strings.
Free calculator to compute multiple hashes, checksums and HMACs for files, text and hex strings. Features: allows to calculate hash (message digest), checksum, and HMAC values based on the most popular algorithms: MD2, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA2 (SHA256, SHA384, SHA512), RIPEMD160, PANAMA, TIGER, CRC32, and the hash used in eDonkey (eDonkey2000, ed2k) and eMule tools, supports three input data formats: file, text string, and hexadecimal string, very fast, easy to use and to install, works with large size files, supports file drag-and-drop functionality, generates hash, check sum, and HMAC for files of any type which makes it a valuable utility to test for corruption your FTP and other downloads/uploads. You can verify with HashCalc music, audio, sound, video, image, icon, text, compression, and other types of files. Version 2.02 fixes minor bugs.