Karen's Hasher

Karen's Hasher is an easy to use application designed to help users calculate MD5 and SHA checksums.

The main window of the application features six tabs, three of which can be used to calculate checksums.

Hashes can be generated for fragments of text, individual or groups of files. Each of these tasks can be accomplished by accessing a dedicated tab, and requires the users to follow a two step procedure.

For example, the Hash Individual Files tab features an area where files can be dragged and dropped in order to process them. Items can also be added to the list by navigating to their location, but the former method is a lot faster and more convenient. Users can then select which type of hash they wish to compute. Karen's Hasher can generate the same type of MD5 and SHA hashes for either text fragments, individual files or groups of files.

After clicking the Compute Hash button, the calculated value is displayed next to the name of the file. Multiple values corresponding to various hash types can be displayed for each file at the same time. For instance, one can calculate both the MD5 and SHA-1 values for the same file, and have them displayed one after the other, in corresponding columns.

Users are given the option of copying the results to their clipboard or to save them to disk as TXT or SHA512 files. This comes in handy, especially considering the fact that Karen's Hasher can also verify hash values.

This can be done by accessing the Verify Saved Hashes tab and providing the application with a hash file The program will then automatically calculate and compare the result with the saved value and inform the user whether they are identical or not.

Karen's Hasher is easy to install and use. It has a small resource footprint and exhibited no unusual behaviors during testing. This application provides users with a simple and convenient way of calculating and checking MD5 or various SHA hashes.