{"id":112,"date":"2013-11-30T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.electrongoo.org\/?p=112"},"modified":"2016-02-13T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T16:40:27","slug":"how-to-verify-a-file-downloaded-from-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.electrongoo.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"How to verify a file downloaded from the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Integrity Checker will automatically create integrity stamps for all new and changed files with no interaction on your part.\u00a0 When you want to verify the integrity stamp on a single file then you can manually request an integrity scan from the Integrity Checker Add-in<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Install and configure Integrity Checker.\u00a0 Ensure Integrity Checker is watching at least one Share on your server<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Download the desired file from the internet.\u00a0 Ensure the file is copied into one of the folders that you configured Integrity Checker to watch!<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>When the file download is complete, Integrity Checker will automatically create an integrity stamp for the file.\u00a0 This does not require any interaction on your part<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Open the server Console and select the Integrity Checker tab<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Select the <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/scanactive.png\">Verify Integrity Stamp On A File<\/a> link to open the <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-1.png\">View Processed Files windows<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Select Browse Folder Tree, browse to the file you just downloaded<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Enter the SHA-1 hash of the file you just downloaded in the <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-viewstamp.png\"> Your Hash<\/a> text box.\u00a0 This hash will be 40 digits in length.\u00a0 It is typically included as part of large downloads.\u00a0 For example, when downloading the RC candidate for Windows Home Server 2011 you will be given the following information (locate the SHA1 value):===== en-us_WHS_PREM_InstallDVD.iso ===== Volume label\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : GRMSHSxFRE_EN_DVD Size in bytes\u00a0\u00a0 : 4192329728 CRC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 0xC191510A SHA1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : <strong>0x65AB44627F12E6FC5268BE2ED9F5489CB98021DF<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Press the Compare button and Integrity Checker will verify the integrity stamp.\u00a0 If the values do not match then you probably have a bad download and should download the file again<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrity Checker will automatically create integrity stamps for all new and changed files with no interaction on your part.\u00a0 When you want to verify the integrity stamp on a single file then you can manually request an integrity scan from the Integrity Checker Add-in Install and configure Integrity Checker.\u00a0 Ensure Integrity Checker is watching at &hellip; 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