ProHash

ProHash is an advanced and approachable program that enables you to identify a wide range of checksums for files and strings, as well as to copy and save the resulted alphanumerical values to file.

Its options are intuitive enough to be tackled not only by experienced users, but also those less familiarized with hash calculators.

It offers support for CRC 16 and 32, Adler 32, MD 2, 4 and 5, ED2K, PANAMA, RIPEMD 128, 160, 256 and 320, Tiger and Tiger 2, Whirlpool 0 and 1, GOST, SHA 0, 1, 224, 256, 384 and 512, along with HAVAL 128, 160, 192, 224 and 256 (3, 4 and 5 versions for all HAVAL).

The GUI is user-friendly, made from a classical window that doesn't put emphasis on graphical elements, yet it's easy to navigate. It's split into two parts for separately calculating file and string signatures.

When it comes to strings, all you have to do is type or paste text in the dedicated box, and click a button to calculate data immediately to find out all checksums.

In case of files, you can use the file browser to find and open a file. Although it's possible to find out all its hashes, ProHash also integrates buttons for quickly calculating only the MD 5, SHA 1, RIPEMD 160, or HAVAL 160_5 signatures, which are practical to speed up the task when attempting to process large-sized files.

Any selected value can be copied with one click. However, the hash algorithm is not included. In order to export all data (including checksum algorithms), you can indicate a destination and filename to create a .log object.

The biggest disadvantage of this application is that it cannot process multiple files at the same time. We've noticed a bug that enables you to select and add multiple files, but the program fails to detect them when trying to make calculations. Other than that, ProHash is fast, intuitive and supports numerous hashes.