December 31, 2007 3:54 am
VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.
Why I like VirusTotal? Check out how many antivirus engines it used at one time: AhnLab (V3), Aladdin (eSafe), ALWIL (Avast! Antivirus), Authentium (Command Antivirus), Avira (AntiVir), Bit9 (FileAdvisor), Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal), ClamAV (ClamAV), CA Inc. (Vet), Doctor Web, Ltd. (DrWeb), Eset Software (ESET NOD32), ewido networks (ewido anti-malware), Fortinet (Fortinet), FRISK Software (F-Prot), F-Secure (F-Secure), Grisoft (AVG), Hacksoft (The Hacker), Ikarus Software (Ikarus), Kaspersky Lab (AVP), McAfee (VirusScan), Microsoft (Malware Protection), Norman (Norman Antivirus), Panda Security (Panda Platinum), Prevx (Prevx1), Rising Antivirus (Rising), Secure Computing (Webwasher), Softwin (BitDefender), Sophos (SAV), Sunbelt Software (Antivirus), Symantec (Norton Antivirus), VirusBlokAda (VBA32), VirusBuster (VirusBuster).
It is very useful when you download some unofficial patch. Actually I have used it to find several trojans my local antivirus program did not find.
Hint: Use it before you calculate and save file’s MD5 hash, if file was not downloaded from a trusted site.
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December 24, 2007 3:07 pm
What’s new:
- New: Check new md5 items only option
- New: Be able to recognize and skip comments in an MD5 file
- New: Save Options dialog
- Improve: New wildcards matching algorithm - Adding large folder is about three times faster
- Improve: Be able to read MD5 files in various formats
- Fix: Count of checked items in the status bar is incorrect if there are md5 items in the Loaded category
- Update: Load all MD5 files by default while adding folders
- More …
Full change list »
One tip: Hold the Shift key down and then press Start in the main Window, Md5Checker will check new md5 items only.
The version 3.3 has been updated once since last released, the latest version is 3.3.0.12. Please check again whether you downloaded the right version. Sorry for the inconvenience.
You can post comments, suggestions or bug reporting for the version 3.3 here, thanks!
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December 11, 2007 3:33 pm
When you use Md5Checker, you may wonder, what should I do if I found anything broken? Can I restore it? Can I backup them easily and earlier?
There is a solution: SafePack Backup Script can backup your files with simply one double click. It will go through sub-folders recursely, only backup specified file types, will never backup any file duplicately (backup same file more than once), can set up password and compression level, and it is only 2K.
How to use:
- Copy safepack.cmd to the backup folder of your setup files, e.g. E:\Setup Files.
- (Optional) Open it using any text editor.
- (Optional) Find and edit the following code:
set _ext=*.dll;*.drv;*.exe;*.msi;*.sys;*.vxd
set _WinRAR=%ProgramFiles%\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
set _password=password
set _compression=0
set _showLog=1
_ext - File types you want to backup. Usually executable files as they may be infected by Virus, Trojan or Worm.
_WinRAR - Full path of WinRAR. This script will call WinRAR to backup.
_password - Set up a password that makes the backup stronger. This parameter can be empty.
_compression - Set the compression level. 0 - Do not compress, fastest, 5 - The highest.
_showLog - Whether show log or not. If 1, a notepad will popup with the log. Otherwise log will be saved to file and you can check it as you want.
- Run this script. All desired files will be backup automatically. File abc.xyz will be backup to abc.xyz.zip.
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December 9, 2007 1:46 am
I guess most people do not like the anti-virus settings of their download software since their anti-virus program is already running in the background. But hey, don’t have these settings lying idle! You can always make use of them to calculate MD5 checksum for your downloaded files.
Configurate download software step by step (I’m using FlashGet as a sample)
- Open FlashGet, click the Opt.
- Go to the Anti-Virus page
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December 3, 2007 11:49 pm
The direct download URLs have been updated to http://getmd5checker.com/downloads/last/*.zip from http://getmd5checker.com/go.php?http://getmd5checker.com/last/*.zip. If you were using/linking to the direct download URLs, please update them.
Sorry for the inconvenience 
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November 27, 2007 11:29 pm
Thanks HS for bug reporting and great suggestions 
What’s new in version 3.2.3:
- New: Check for Updates command.
- Fix: Compare MD5 dialog should recognize lower case characters.
- Fix: Combo boxes should not be fix width.
- Update: Separate Unknown category into Unknown & Loaded.
- Update: Add *.zip & *.rar by default.
Regarding to #4, otkin asked how to check only new files (files have never been checked), I use this update to make this process easier:
- Add the containing folder into Md5Checker WITHOUT auto starting
- Switch to the Loaded category
- Remove all listed items <- Now only new files are left.
- Start checking
But I’m still thinking about a one-click solution, maybe it will be implemented in the next version.
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November 19, 2007 9:55 pm
Added Compare MD5 dialog - Can compare one file’s MD5 checksum with another automatically:
Compare MD5 with inputed/pasted one:
- Select one md5 item with calculated MD5 checksum
- Press F2, use the Edit | Compare MD5 menu item, or use the Compare MD5 right-click context menu item to bring up the Compare MD5 dialog
- Or you just double click the md5 item
- Input/paste MD5 in the lower edit control and watch the result in the top-right edit control
Compare two files’ MD5 checksums:
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November 17, 2007 2:45 am
What’s new in version 3.2.1:
- New: ‘Save Each’ command
- Improve: ‘Store last folder used’ option - Thanks Ronald for the suggestion
- Fix: Three minor UI bugs
Save Each command:
This command is kind of common usage. It will create MD5 file for each checked file using the same file name plus an MD5 extension. For example, create MD5 file ABC.xyz.md5 for file ABC.xyz and store ABC.xyz’s MD5 checksum in the MD5 file.
What’s do you think about the new version? Any comments and bug reports are greatly appreciated.
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November 15, 2007 4:21 pm
I thought Unlocker is well known, but actually someone didn’t hear about it, e.g. my GF. Her work computer was infected yesterday, and she asked me how to delete the virus which could not be deleted manually. Yea, I recommended this tool to her. It is totally useful. If you meet the same problems, you should try it too.
Homepage: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
Some words from the homepage:
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November 14, 2007 3:55 pm
What’s new in version 3.2:
- New: ‘Code page’ option
- New: ‘Add to Send To menu’ option
- Improve: Add files in background
- Fix: Load MD5 checksum of file from MD5 file will clear its calculated MD5 checksum
- Fix: No new line character is written when save md5 item if its path contains characters that system code page cannot recognize
- Fix: Could not discard saved MD5 checksum of md5 item if its path is a folder
- Fix: Height of dropdown list is too narrow in the Win9x version
- Update: ‘Folder context menu’ option -> ‘Add to Shell context menu’, work for both folders and files
- Update: ‘Checking in low priority’ option -> ‘Work in low priority’, work for both adding and checking
- Update: Removed Adding File dialog. (Use Stop button to stop adding)
- Update: Removed Unicode features from the Win9x version (Not supported)
Code page:
Md5Checker uses system’s standards and formats setting to convert between Unicode and MBCS when save/load by default. If there are any characters your system setting cannot recognize, the path of file will not be saved/loaded correctly.
Standards and formats setting (Click to show full size):
In Md5Checker 3.2, you can select an appropriate code page in the Options dialog, and do not have to change the system setting to suit every software.
Send To menu:
Send To menu is a convenient way to add a few files into a program. For instance, if you select multiple files in the Explorer and right click, and then select the context menu item - Check in Md5Checker, Explorer will launch multiple instance of Md5Checker like this: Md5Checker file1, Md5Checker file2… But if you use the Send To menu, Explorer will launch one instance of Md5Checker and pass these files to it like this: Md5Checker file1 file2…
Using Send To menu has one weakness - cannot add lots of files at one time, because the system has a command line length limitation. But don’t worry, you can always use Add command or drag-and-drop to add lots of files.
Any comments from you regarding bug reports for Md5Checker are greatly appreciated.
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