FSum version 2.51 and wxchecksums version 1.20
A minor update only changed this data on 11/19/05. It was updated on 1/19/07.
What Fsum does is assist one in determining if files have been tampered with.
For example, if you download the same file from two TOTALLY DIFFERENT sites, and they do not have the same crc32 checksum, it means that they are not identical, which means one or both may have a trojan horse or be virus infected, etc..
Fsum has other uses, but this is what I use it for.
The default test is MD5. I prefer crc32. You will have the option to use crc32 when you run the program.
By the by, the crc32 checksum of FSum.exe version 2.51 is 6fdd94ef. :)
http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
A similar, and likely better product to do the same thing is wxchecksums. In most situations at least, it is free to use. I recommend it over Fsum.
http://wxchecksums.sourceforge.net/mainpage_en.html
What Fsum does is assist one in determining if files have been tampered with.
For example, if you download the same file from two TOTALLY DIFFERENT sites, and they do not have the same crc32 checksum, it means that they are not identical, which means one or both may have a trojan horse or be virus infected, etc..
Fsum has other uses, but this is what I use it for.
The default test is MD5. I prefer crc32. You will have the option to use crc32 when you run the program.
By the by, the crc32 checksum of FSum.exe version 2.51 is 6fdd94ef. :)
http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
A similar, and likely better product to do the same thing is wxchecksums. In most situations at least, it is free to use. I recommend it over Fsum.
http://wxchecksums.sourceforge.net/mainpage_en.html
posted by rhoadesb | 9:34 PM
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