diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 452e5f585..e6b2c979a 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.2.2.22"
+VERSION = "1.2.3.0"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/utils/hash.py b/lib/utils/hash.py
index 7548c29fd..508d3a9ca 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ def _bruteProcessVariantA(attack_info, hash_regex, suffix, retVal, proc_id, proc
             if not attack_info:
                 break
 
+            count += 1
+
             if not isinstance(word, basestring):
                 continue
 
@@ -731,8 +733,6 @@ def _bruteProcessVariantA(attack_info, hash_regex, suffix, retVal, proc_id, proc
             try:
                 current = __functions__[hash_regex](password=word, uppercase=False)
 
-                count += 1
-
                 if current in hashes:
                     for item in attack_info[:]:
                         ((user, hash_), _) = item
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@ def _bruteProcessVariantB(user, hash_, kwargs, hash_regex, suffix, retVal, found
             if found.value:
                 break
 
-            current = __functions__[hash_regex](password=word, uppercase=False, **kwargs)
             count += 1
 
             if not isinstance(word, basestring):
@@ -807,6 +806,8 @@ def _bruteProcessVariantB(user, hash_, kwargs, hash_regex, suffix, retVal, found
                 word = word + suffix
 
             try:
+                current = __functions__[hash_regex](password=word, uppercase=False, **kwargs)
+
                 if hash_ == current:
                     if hash_regex == HASH.ORACLE_OLD:  # only for cosmetic purposes
                         word = word.upper()
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 6ca78d766..616846822 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ffa5f01f39b17c8d73423acca6cfe86a  lib/core/readlineng.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-5c87716f367de486b4e26974517f95cb  lib/core/settings.py
+ae4670ba5c8569d10ae0a55f2284f11e  lib/core/settings.py
 d0adc28a38e43a787df4471f7f027413  lib/core/shell.py
 63491be462c515a1a3880c27c2acc4a2  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 505aaa61e1bba3c3d4567c3e667699e3  lib/core/target.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ a34c4fd2e7d78c5dfdd9eeccb079fb1c  lib/utils/crawler.py
 a6d6888e14a7c11f0884c8cc18489caa  lib/utils/getch.py
 7af29f61302c8693cd6436d4b69e22d3  lib/utils/har.py
 9bd8fbfb9c25ee685c97b260331e7165  lib/utils/hashdb.py
-56b62f4d8811f42b45b5f2f8e6e0a99e  lib/utils/hash.py
+55c552e754b54cd25a47efb84d3e6892  lib/utils/hash.py
 145120b21fcfca843d5e2c8b0562e4db  lib/utils/htmlentities.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/utils/__init__.py
 010d8327239d33af4ce9f25683cfc012  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py