Checksums | Total Validator

How to use checksums

So that you can be sure that your download has completed, and has not been modified, we provide checksums for each file at the bottom of each download page.

If you click on the appropriate link you'll find a long string of letters and numbers (the checksum) together with the file name. For example:

171854f1ef8219292e0be3fbbafadca8560acc84d9f6d0416c5f4698f571e2e4 TotalValidatorPro.msi

You can generate the checksum for the file you've downloaded, as described below, to compare with this value to verify that your download is both complete and unmodified.

Windows

Generate the checksum as follows:

Start the Windows PowerShell app
Type this into PowerShell, adding a space at the end: Get-FileHash
Start File Explorer and go to the folder where Total Validator was downloaded
Drag and drop the Total Validator file into the PowerShell window
In PowerShell: Press the Enter key to generate the checksum

macOS

Generate the checksum as follows:

Start the Terminal application (this is in Applications > Utilities)
Type this into Terminal, adding a space at the end: shasum -a 256
In Finder: Open the folder where Total Validator was downloaded
Drag and drop the Total Validator file into the Terminal window
In Terminal: Press the Enter key to generate the checksum

Linux

Generate the checksum as follows:

Open a Terminal window
Type this into Terminal, adding a space at the end: sha256sum
In your File Explorer: Open the folder where Total Validator was downloaded
Drag and drop the Total Validator file into the Terminal window
In Terminal: Press the Enter key to generate the checksum