Anyone have a guide on how to check the signatures? Do I like take the zip file and put it through a hash of some sort?
what do you mean with signature? i guess you're talking about MD5 checksum, check this link:
https://www.lifewire.com/validate-md5-checksum-file-4037391it is one way to check if the checksum it's the same as the one you got with the file
P.S. if you need help pm me and i'll guide you through the process