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jrammouz
Mar 2, 2010, 11:51 AM
I need to decript this: 237f6a263e1398e2cac53a65efb2e2f5
And this: 7b8f1aa0b28842b3937924bfd5a40d15

Any one can help? Since I tried to Google it but I found nothing

WallyHelps
Mar 3, 2010, 06:52 AM
Based on your title, I'm assuming those are MD5 checksums. If so, then these are not something that can be decrypted.

An MD5 checksum is a one-way hash of the contents of a file -- a fingerprint, if you will. It is used to verify the integrity of a downloaded file. If the owner of the file provides an MD5 checksum, what you do is to calculate the MD5 for the file you downloaded. If they match, you have a perfect copy of the file. If even one bit in the file is wrong, the MD5 value will be totally different.

I hope this helps,
WallyH