General

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Author

• Josh McIntyre

Website

• jmcintyre.net

Overview

• CheckSumFile is a simple file hash-based malware scanner

Development

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Git Workflow

• development for bugfixes and new features

Building

• make build Build the application
• make tests Build the unit tests
• make clean Clean the build directory

Features

• Calculate the SHA-256 hash of a chosen file
• Search a threat database for matching file hashes and report a match
• Includes a short sample threat database

Requirements

• Requires Java Runtime Environment

Platforms

• Linux
• Windows
• Mac OSX

Usage

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GUI Usage

• Choose a file using the file chooser dialog
• Click Scan to hash the file and search the database for any matches
• GUI will report the file hash and if it matches any signature

Threat Database Usage

• A small sample database is included
• Update with your own desired entries in the format <hash>,<name>: <description>

Unit Tests

• Run java -jar tests/junit.jar --class-path obj/ --scan-class-path
• junit jar is not included with repo; add your own junit 5 download to tests/junit.jar