Checking a File's Hash - Windows, powershell, command prompt

 Use this command prompt on Windows to check the SHA256 or MD5 hash from a file.

certutil -hashfile <path> SHA256
certutil -hashfile <path> MD5

Replace the path with the actual file:
certutil -hashfile <C:\Users\xxxx\Downloads\kali-linux-2022.3-installer-amd64.iso> SHA256

certutil -hashfile <C:\Users\xxxx\Downloads\kali-linux-2022.3-installer-amd64.iso> MD5

Another way to do this is in PowerShell.

Get-FileHash C:\users\xxxx\Downloads\kali-linux-2022.3-installer-amd64.iso

Output:

Algorithm       Hash                                                                   Path
---------       ----                                                                   ----
SHA256      AE977F455924F0268FAC437D66E643827089B6F8DC5D76324D6296EB11D997FD       C:\users\xxxx\Downloads\k...

If you'd like to ouput the MD5 hash:
Get-FileHash C:\users\xxxx\Downloads\kali-linux-2022.3-installer-amd64.iso -algorithm md5

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