Sadly, if you do a search, there are numerous websites out there that purport to provide you with a download for Gig Performer, perhaps even for free. Unfortunately, they’re all illegitimate and generally their goal is to get you to install malware on your computer.
As of this writing, the only way to receive a legitimate version of Gig Performer is from this website.
To ensure that you have not downloaded a corrupt version of Gig Performer, or worse, a version into which malware has been injected, you can verify that your downloaded installer is legitimate by running a command that produces a unique code when applied to the installer file. This code, consisting of an extremely long string of characters and numbers is called a checksum. It is essentially impossible for a corrupt or otherwise modified file to produce the same checksum.
You can therefore compare that checksum to the ones we publish below (we ran the same command against our installers) to make sure they match. If the numbers do not match, you should delete the files from your machine immediately and perform a virus check to make sure your computer has not been attacked or otherwise compromised. We assume you are familiar with the use of the Terminal window (macOS) or the Powershell/Command Prompt (Windows).
The instructions for actually performing this test are described at the end of this article.
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Gig Performer 4.8.2 Installers
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Mac Universal Disk Image: SHA512
GigPerformer4-Universal-4.8.2.dmg
8aaa64f9962049063eb4cb050c3a6fb43a2c318c26a480bfa5990e98241a83496f89986d9cd370856af7db96d9a70549a7363c20af78b1fb2a22fba0046ec6af
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Mac Intel Disk Image: SHA512
GigPerformer4-Intel-4.8.2.dmg
d600f9af2e11d6b0a95c6c5a3e583750844bbc5f614bc125253632746ed6983d6322c4f070d2900bac8f1d991afd3a4c2e738b1714d2db53ee70c208f02e3346
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Windows Installer: SHA512
GigPerformer4-4.8.2-Setup.exe
e0850fef2a447b3cd33ee94d1d64a9a0510571da1c22ee95031e4693b70fa98fd2ffc46d2be9630220d24163bd7a5127153d14bbb06a7f8183bf86741cf430ca
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Gig Performer 4.7 Installers
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Mac Universal Disk Image: SHA512
GigPerformer4-Universal-4.7.0.dmg
0726f64ab8d9bb25bdec5a432c0da83d2c109ddcaa6c0a322d640a6281dfb53ee9de8ec17d1329a4ea0167bdb62b7cb8f5c6167006de89b354c2e0874eb05bb6
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Mac Intel Disk Image: SHA512
GigPerformer4-Intel-4.7.0.dmg
b3ae52b5b899a9a7afd8d3df5ef2c4b237940e5cc9e2c0198cabfd3f849eea1856f8c70f92bce03915437ca5d6e2a0637cf1bb75417d81e5ddb6da6cb5281cb6
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Windows Installer: SHA512
GigPerformer4-4.7.0-Setup.exe
1e44fd7f5040b358c080e47843bea3cf6656d296505325f519fbf1c78ec110d89a4b9e38fa407135d84a708a181b6c7dc6ee8f5839bff84ef8db4cb75122b3fb
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How to view the checksum
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To check your own version of the installer, follow the instructions below.
For macOS:
1. Open a Mac Terminal window
2. Navigate to the folder into which you downloaded Gig Performer
3. Type the command:
shasum -a 512 GigPerformer4-Intel-4.7.0.dmg (Intel version)
shasum -a GigPerformer4-Universal-4.7.0.dmg (Universal version)
4. Compare your result with the (sorry) very long number above. If they match, you can assume that you have a legitimate version of Gig Performer.
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For Windows:
1. Open a Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell window
2. Navigate to the folder into which you downloaded the Gig Performer installer
3. Type the command:
certutil -hashfile GigPerformer4-4.7.0-Setup.exe sha512 (replace this last with the name of your latest installer)
4. Compare your result with the (sorry) very long number above. If they match, you can assume that you have a legitimate version of Gig Performer.