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MultiHasher Changelog

What's new in MultiHasher 2.8.2

Feb 29, 2016
  • Fixed critical bugs in most hash algorithms (introduced in v2.8) that could result in wrong hash values being calculated
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.8.1 (Nov 21, 2015)

  • Forced use of relative paths when saving verification files in the same drive as the hashed files
  • Fixed: some verification files may not be saved in the correct format (Vista and later)
  • Fixed: couple of issues related to VirusTotal service
  • Fixed: closing MultiHasher causes MRU list to be erased
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.8 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 10
  • Added missing SHA-2 variants (SHA-224, SHA-512/224 and SHA-512/256)
  • Added support for Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) database
  • Added support for Unix-style and BSD-style checksum files
  • Added option to display digests in base16 (lower or upper case), base32 or base64
  • Added German translation
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed several bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.7.1 (Jan 23, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 10 Technical Preview
  • Fixed bugs related to processing of command-line arguments
  • Fixed hang when using "Search Online" under certain circumstances
  • Fixed: setting max. number of items in Reopen menu to 0 does not work
  • Fixed: potential crash when looking for translations
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.7 (Aug 20, 2014)

  • "Save list" initial directory is now based on the files with calculated hashes
  • "Process list" window now combines duplicates into a single item
  • Fixed: context menu's "Skip" item is broken
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.6.1 (May 16, 2014)

  • Added Korean translation
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Fixed: file system redirection under Windows 64-bit is not handled properly
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.6 (Apr 4, 2014)

  • Added Polish translation
  • Option to save to SFV is now unavailable if CRC32 checksum is not used for calculation
  • Fixed: search online in "Query VirusTotal" window is broken
  • Fixed: certain paths are not handled correctly when using "Add Path" dialog
  • Fixed: some strings cannot be translated
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.5.3 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Digest values are now also calculated for empty files
  • Fixed: access violation when saving verification files
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.5.2 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • Added Dutch and French translations
  • Added list of Locale IDs to documentation
  • Added key shortcut to "Save list" menu item
  • Fixed: RIPEMD-160 hash is not calculated when loading verification files

New in MultiHasher 2.5.1 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Added Greek and Italian translations
  • Fixed: incorrect ID assigned to one item in the Portuguese (Brazil) translation
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.5 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • Added English (United Kingdom) language
  • Improved Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 support
  • Increased VirusTotal upload file size limit to 64MB
  • Improved UI responsiveness
  • Changed encoding of checksum files to UTF-8
  • Installer rewritten
  • Improved shell context menu integration
  • Fixed: pause button doesn't always pause calculation
  • Fixed: /PID argument not working
  • Fixed: some strings in "Query VirusTotal" window cannot be translated
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.4 (Feb 27, 2013)

  • Added option to extend search to hash values
  • Added "Search online"
  • Added Turkish translation
  • Improved support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
  • Improved performance of MD5 algorithm
  • Introduced other minor performance improvements
  • Search options are now persistent
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.3 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • Added ability to write SFV files
  • Added RIPEMD-160 algorithm
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.2.3 (May 11, 2012)

  • Added Russian translation
  • Fixed some localization related bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.2.2 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • Fixed incomplete MRU implementation

New in MultiHasher 2.2.1 (Apr 19, 2012)

  • Improved file queue selection speed
  • Enabled multiple file selection in "Open List" dialog (Vista or later)
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed display of non-ANSI characters in the output box

New in MultiHasher 2.2 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Added Spanish (Latin America) translation
  • Added track file queue progress
  • Added "Select all" button to toolbar
  • Added option to auto-select files when calculation finishes
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed always show button to upload to VirusTotal even when file exceeds upload size limit
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 2.1 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • Added optional single window mode
  • Now using VirusTotal Public API version 2.0
  • Updated file size limit when uploading to VirusTotal (

New in MultiHasher 2.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 1.9 Beta (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Added option to integrate MultiHasher into shell context menu
  • Added ability to upload files (

New in MultiHasher 1.1 (May 26, 2011)

  • Added option to select different parent folder when opening checksum files
  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 1.0.1 (May 16, 2011)

  • Minor UI tweaks
  • Improved error handling
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 1.0 Beta 2 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • Added ability to hash text string
  • Improved UI performance
  • Portable mode can now be enabled and configured with "/SETUP /PORTABLE" arguments
  • Other minor UI improvements
  • Fixed missing ASLR flag in PE header
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in MultiHasher 1.0 Beta (Dec 15, 2010)

  • Calculate one or more hashes at once
  • Calculate hashes for multiple files
  • Supported hash algorithms: CRC32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512
  • Supports hash file verification (MHX, SFV, MD5Sum, etc.)
  • Supports NT file namespace
  • Able to query VirusTotal database
  • Hash calculation is cancelable
  • Unicode support
  • Supports file drag'n'drop
  • Support for localization
  • Portable

New in MultiHasher 0.2.1 Alpha (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Added ability to add processes to the file list
  • Added more control over what to calculate (entire file or specified block)
  • Fixed minor bugs
  • MultiHasher.exe:
  • Added "Validate Digest" to context menu

New in MultiHasher 0.2 Alpha (Sep 9, 2010)

  • mhasher.exe:
  • Added progress report
  • Added optional flag to suppress progress report
  • Added support for hash calculation of multiple files
  • Added support for batch processing
  • Added localization support
  • Fixed access violation when sha512 is selected
  • Fixed minor bugs
  • MultiHasher.exe:
  • Added pause/resume calculation
  • Added support for hash calculation of multiple files
  • Added support for NT path names
  • Major UI overhaul
  • Fixed minor bugs