OpenHashTab

Injecting malicious code in downloadable packages is a common practice for hackers all over the world. If you want to make sure you do not become a victim of this strategy, you should check the hashes of all files you get from the Internet.

OpenHashTab is one of the applications you can turn to for helping you check the hashes of your downloaded packages.

A very handy feature of this utility is that it seamlessly integrates in the right-click menu of Windows Explorer. In other words, you can simply access the context menu whenever you want to make sure your files have not been tampered with.

The main window of OpenHashTab displays several types of hashes, and it also offers you the possibility to upload the package to VirusTotal to check it against multiple antivirus engines.

You can also compare any selected hash with another one that you paste in the dedicated field - these values need to be identical provided the file has not been modified in any way.

By default, the application generates certain types of hashes, namely: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512. However, you can access the Settings and choose some additional ones, such as CRC32, XXH32, RipeMD160, Blake2sp, K12-264, SHA3-512, PH128-264 and several others.

You can also export these values to the clipboard or to a file that you can save for later review. You also get control over the type of lettercase used for the hashes, as you can enable or disable uppercase for display and export.

OpenHashTab is a straightforward and reliable solution for quickly generating and comparing various types oh hashes. It can be used even by novices, especially since it integrates in the context menu of all files.