public static void main(String args[]) { try { System.out.println(getMD5Checksum("RationalRoseEnterpriseEditionforWindows.2003.06.00.391.000.exe")); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static byte[] createChecksum(String filename) throws Exception { InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename); byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; MessageDigest complete = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); int numRead; do { numRead = fis.read(buffer); if (numRead > 0) { complete.update(buffer, 0, numRead); } } while (numRead != -1); fis.close(); return complete.digest(); } public static String getMD5Checksum(String filename) throws Exception { byte[] b = createChecksum(filename); String result = ""; for (int i=0; i < b.length; i++) { result += Integer.toString( ( b[i] & 0xff ) + 0x100, 16).substring( 1 ); } return result; }