Download of Multibit Windows 64 Bit has corrupt signature

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I'm trying to download Multibit from https://multibit.org/community.html the Win 64 version.

it consistently gives a 'The signature of multibit-0.5.18-windows-setup.exe is corrupt of invalid.'

is anyone else experiencing this? Any Suggestions?

RAM

Posted 2015-06-04T03:32:23.177

Reputation: 1

Answers

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There are various signatures tha you can use to ensure the integrity of your MultiBit downloads.

The 0.5.18 release notes have SHA256 hashes of the binaries: https://multibit.org/releases/multibit-0.5.18/release.txt

You can check the SHA256 hash of the file you have and it should match. If it does NOT match then DO NOT USE it.

Try downloading it again from https://multibit.org. It could be that it the download failed.

jim618

Posted 2015-06-04T03:32:23.177

Reputation: 3 205

I realize the first non-beta release of MultiBit HD is right around the corner (congrats!) and probably consuming most of your time, but if you plan to keep MultiBit Classic around for a little while, you may want to fix this cert. expiration issue....

Christopher Gurnee 2015-06-06T14:07:42.957

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Signed Windows binaries have a "main" signature, and they can optionally have one or more "countersignatures", typically from timestamping services.

I downloaded the MultiBit Windows installer* from https://multibit.org/ and verified its GPG signature. The file I downloaded has a valid main signature, but it has an invalid countersignature because the timestamping countersigner's (COMODO's) certificate appears to have expired on May 10.

If the signature error message you're getting (right click the file, click Properties, click the Digital Signatures tab, click "sha1", click Details) is "One of the countersignatures is not valid", then it's probably safe to install.

However I'd still strongly recommend you follow jim618's advice and verify the file via another means before running it.

*My download had an SHA-256 of: dc0c2ef689507c57347c0cbed58ea90fe12617a6fb026b308e81ec2127531b7e

Christopher Gurnee

Posted 2015-06-04T03:32:23.177

Reputation: 2 263