gistfile1.cs

protected string GetMD5HashFromFile(string fileName)
        {
            if (!File.Exists(fileName))
                return String.Empty;

            FileStream file = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open);
            MD5 md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
            byte[] retVal = md5.ComputeHash(file);
            file.Close();

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < retVal.Length; i++)
            {
                sb.Append(retVal[i].ToString("x2"));
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }