Problem with Authenticity check

[proven narwhal]

Its hard to tell, but is kinda looks like there are spaces after each of the periods (.) in the filename

Or maybe thats just how the terminal font is, idk

Yeah nvm a space would be wider

[tiny perch]

I even directly copy the file from the file manager and paste it to the PowerShell and cmd. I even do admin access on my PowerShell but it seems it won't work.

[tiny perch]

What do u mean by this ma'am/sir?

[proven narwhal]

I mean that my idea was dumb and incorrect, so you can ignore it 😅

[tiny perch]

Ohh ok it's quite surprising that I have this error. Even though I followed the steps from the forum post.

[proven narwhal]

Ah ok i think ik whats going on

[proven narwhal]

I think ur file extensions are messed up. In the File explorer, go to the 'View' settings and enable the option to always show file extensions

[tiny perch]

Ohh ok I will check this once I am done cooking and having lunch. I will let you know.

[proven narwhal]

It should say that it's a GPG File in the right column of your file explorer instead of Text Document

[tiny perch]

Ohh yeah I remember it did say that it's a text file at the right side.

[proven narwhal]

At least thats what it shows for me in the Windows 11 file explorer

Oh nvm in ur third screenshot i see the filename is correct

[tiny perch]

I have a windows 10 laptop and windows 11 isn't support my laptop because of old hardware.

[tiny perch]

Yeah the file name may be correct but the extension maybe the problem.

[tiny perch]

@proven narwhal is this supposed to be normal or change it to gpg file?

[proven narwhal]

Looks good as is. I think your version of Windows just considers GPG files as txt files.

I dont know what the issue is. I'll let someone take over

[tiny perch]

ohh ok. Thank you for your time.

[tiny perch]

I ask this issue on reddit and he/she suggested this

"Go ahead and burn the iso to usb, boot to that USB, open the file manager, mount your windows drive (just click on it) navigate to the downloaded .iso, right click, verifi, use the first option where it pulls the sha256 and gpg on its own. You could do it a second time using the second option and your downloaded files, just to be sure"

[mellow wren]

There's a little hashtab utility on Windows that lets you check the hashes of downloaded files. Install hashtab, download the iso then right-click on the iso > properties > hash tab to check. This should normally do the trick!

[tiny perch]

ohh ok I am doing it right now.

[tiny perch]

does this mean it's ok to install this?

[mellow wren]

What is virus total ?

You should install the hashtab utility. Do you want a link ?

https://lecrabeinfo.net/telecharger/hashtab/

A little advice, don't be too paranoid

The best antivirus is YOU. You have to think twice before installing anything, especially on Windows

Why don't you try to install linux mint in virtualbox first ? It would be great ! Once you will do this, you will can install it for real on your computer

[tiny perch]

yeah I am doing that right now.

yeah I checked hash and it seems no probelms involve so I am going to check a virtual machine if it's ok

and maybe I am going to use virtual machine to check the iso file there

I am still waiting for my back up to be ready.

[mellow wren]

Don't forget to backup your browsers bookmarks

Some configuration softwares too

[tiny perch]

I am dumb I should use this to share the folder of my iso and sha files to check it's authenticity using mint in virtual box

[mellow wren]

Once it's ok, It's ok...

No need to check twice

[tiny perch]

ok thanks, I will set it up once I am done backing up. Thank you for the time to help me.