diff --git a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/digest_verifier.cc b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/digest_verifier.cc
index f28e23e002a068..435a4a89b1cf73 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/digest_verifier.cc
+++ b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/digest_verifier.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool DigestVerifier::IsKnownFile(const base::FilePath& file) const {
     return false;
 
   std::string actual_digest;
-  if (!chrome_cleaner::ComputeDigestSHA256(file, &actual_digest)) {
+  if (!chrome_cleaner::ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(file, &actual_digest)) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to compute digest for " << SanitizePath(file);
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.cc b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.cc
index 6b8e4b23615088..3f2ceff79a4a55 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.cc
+++ b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.cc
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ bool RetrieveDetailedFileInformation(
   RetrievePathInformation(expanded_path, file_information);
 
   // Retrieve the detailed file information.
-  if (!ComputeDigestSHA256(expanded_path, &file_information->sha256)) {
+  if (!ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(expanded_path, &file_information->sha256)) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Unable to compute digest SHA256 for: '"
                << file_information->path << "'";
     return false;
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ bool RetrieveFileInformation(const base::FilePath& file_path,
   }
 }
 
-bool ComputeDigestSHA256(const base::FilePath& path, std::string* digest) {
+bool ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(const base::FilePath& path,
+                               std::string* digest) {
   DCHECK(digest);
 
   base::File file(path, base::File::FLAG_OPEN | base::File::FLAG_READ);
@@ -611,6 +612,21 @@ bool ComputeDigestSHA256(const base::FilePath& path, std::string* digest) {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool ComputeSHA256DigestOfString(const std::string& content,
+                                 std::string* digest) {
+  DCHECK(digest);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<SecureHash> ctx(SecureHash::Create(SecureHash::SHA256));
+
+  ctx->Update(content.c_str(), content.length());
+
+  char digest_bytes[crypto::kSHA256Length];
+  ctx->Finish(digest_bytes, crypto::kSHA256Length);
+
+  *digest = base::HexEncode(digest_bytes, crypto::kSHA256Length);
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool GUIDLess::operator()(const GUID& smaller, const GUID& larger) const {
   if (smaller.Data1 < larger.Data1)
     return true;
diff --git a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.h b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.h
index 4285c1e87f7d71..885d4a627b2c28 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.h
+++ b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util.h
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ bool RetrieveFileInformation(const base::FilePath& file_path,
 
 // Compute the SHA256 checksum of |path| and store it as base16 into |digest|.
 // Return true on success.
-bool ComputeDigestSHA256(const base::FilePath& path, std::string* digest);
+bool ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(const base::FilePath& path, std::string* digest);
+
+// Compute the SHA256 of |content| and store it as base16 into |digest|.
+// Return true on success.
+bool ComputeSHA256DigestOfString(const std::string& content,
+                                 std::string* digest);
 
 // Return the list of registered Layered Service Providers. In case the same DLL
 // is registered with multiple ProviderId, |providers| is a map from the DLL
diff --git a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util_unittest.cc b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util_unittest.cc
index 84eaada6c9f542..295e78e86769d8 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util_unittest.cc
+++ b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/os/disk_util_unittest.cc
@@ -630,14 +630,14 @@ TEST(DiskUtilTests, ExpandWow64Path) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(PathEqual(expanded_file3, file_path3_native));
 }
 
-TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeDigestSHA256) {
+TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath) {
   base::ScopedTempDir temp_dir;
   ASSERT_TRUE(temp_dir.CreateUniqueTempDir());
 
   // Check the digest of an non-existing file.
   base::FilePath file_path1(temp_dir.GetPath().Append(kFileName1));
   std::string digest1;
-  EXPECT_FALSE(ComputeDigestSHA256(file_path1, &digest1));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(file_path1, &digest1));
   EXPECT_TRUE(digest1.empty());
 
   // Create an empty file and validate the digest.
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeDigestSHA256) {
   empty_file.Close();
 
   std::string digest2;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeDigestSHA256(file_path2, &digest2));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(file_path2, &digest2));
   EXPECT_STREQ(
       "E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934CA495991B7852B855",
       digest2.c_str());
@@ -661,13 +661,13 @@ TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeDigestSHA256) {
   valid_file.Close();
 
   std::string digest3;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeDigestSHA256(file_path3, &digest3));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(file_path3, &digest3));
   EXPECT_STREQ(
       "BD283E41A3672B6BDAA574F8BD7176F8BCA95BD81383CDE32AA6D78B1DB0E371",
       digest3.c_str());
 }
 
-TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeDigestSHA256OnBigFile) {
+TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeSHA256DigestOfPathOnBigFile) {
   base::ScopedTempDir temp_dir;
   ASSERT_TRUE(temp_dir.CreateUniqueTempDir());
 
@@ -712,11 +712,18 @@ TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeDigestSHA256OnBigFile) {
     valid_file.Close();
 
     std::string digest;
-    EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeDigestSHA256(file_path, &digest));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeSHA256DigestOfPath(file_path, &digest));
     EXPECT_STREQ(info->digest, digest.c_str());
   }
 }
 
+TEST(DiskUtilTests, ComputeSHA256DigestOfString) {
+  std::string digest_result;
+  std::string content(kFileContent2, sizeof(kFileContent2));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ComputeSHA256DigestOfString(content, &digest_result));
+  EXPECT_STREQ(kFileContentDigests[2], digest_result.c_str());
+}
+
 TEST(DiskUtilTests, GetLayeredServiceProviders) {
   // Make sure that running the OS implementation doesn't crash/dcheck.
   LSPPathToGUIDs providers;
diff --git a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/test/test_service_main.cc b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/test/test_service_main.cc
index 20afd2754bed36..9cd460901df879 100644
--- a/chrome/chrome_cleaner/test/test_service_main.cc
+++ b/chrome/chrome_cleaner/test/test_service_main.cc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class TestService {
   }
 
  private:
-  SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE status_handle_ = 0;
-  SERVICE_STATUS service_status_ = {};
-  HANDLE service_stop_event_ = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+  SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE status_handle_{};
+  SERVICE_STATUS service_status_{};
+  HANDLE service_stop_event_{INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE};
   THREAD_CHECKER(service_status_thread_checker_);
 };