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The next time you are downloading a file off the Internet and want to make sure the file is not corrupt or virus infected try to see if the file has a MD5 hash file or a SHA1 hash file. Simply put each file generate an unique signature when hashed using the MD5 algorithm The signature changes if the contents of the file change or gets corrupted
.You can download the tools to verify file integrity here. or here for a graphical tool.