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I would like to install WinMD5Free.exe to run checksums - anyone know if it is legitimate?

Many other sites offer it (CNet etc. so it seems ok). I have to check numerous downloads and want to verify them.

Didn't like the Microsoft CMD one I looked at earlier, prefer GUI.

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I saw some users that said that their anti-virus software detected a trojan within WinMD5Free.exe, so I wouldn't trust it.

I do recommend, however, another program that I found useful; HashCheck. It is open-source, so anyone can verify it and compile the program for themselves. The link for the home page is here: http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/

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Denise, a much better alternative would be to install 7-Zip. It is free, one of the best utilities of its kind, and it also does checksums.

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    But not MD5 checksums, though. Or am I missing something? – MJH Nov 08 '16 at 20:03
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    Not, it doesn't do MD5 checksums. That has previously been a 7-Zip feature request, but they apparently prefer to focus on the others (like SHA-256) that are a bit more advanced. – Run5k Nov 08 '16 at 20:11
  • Thanks to all of your comments and help. If there is a place to ask this type of advice please post the line - I looked and looked last night. I stumbled on checkhash in a Stackexchange post via google later on and it is doing a fab job. Not sure I understand the point of not asking this kind of advice when so many random topics are hosted and a general advice is not to be found, so far ;-) – user64524 Nov 09 '16 at 10:08
  • We are glad to help, but for something of this nature the Stack Exchange Software Recommendations area would probably be ideal. – Run5k Nov 09 '16 at 13:50