jB Checksum verifier

With the aid of jB Checksum verifier, you can calculate and check many kinds of file checksums. It supports MD-2, MD-4, MD-5, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, RIPEMD-256, RIPEMD-320, SHA, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, HAVAL-128, HAVAL-160, HAVAL-192, HAVAL-224, HAVAL-256, Tiger, Panama, Whirlpool, Whirlpool-1, Square, Snefru-128, Snefru-256, and Sapphire.

Simple interface and options

The program comes bundled with an intuitive interface as well as settings that can be configured even by users inexperienced with hash calculators.
It has only one window that holds all options it puts at your disposal, enabling you to explore a drop-down menu with all hash types and select the preferred one. This action can be done before or after opening a file.

How to calculate and compare checksums

File checksums are swiftly processed and revealed in a dialog box, where you can select the alphanumerical value to copy it to the Clipboard by opening the right-click menu or by triggering the global hotkey.
If you want to compare two files to find out if they are identical or different, you can type or paste a second hash to match it against the first. There are no other notable options available here.

No installation required

The entire application's wrapped in a single .exe file that can be copied to a preferred folder on the hard drive or a removable storage unit, in order to directly launch jB Checksum verifier on any computer with as little effort as possible. It doesn't insert new entries into your system registry, create files on the HDD without alerting you, or need libraries to work properly.

Evaluation and conclusion

To wrap it up, jB Checksum verifier features clear-cut settings for discovering and matching numerous types of file signatures. CPU and RAM usage was minimal in our tests.