Find your WPA-PSK or WEP key in HEX and ASCII format from the WZC Service

Goto Nirsoft download the WirelessKeyView you can recover your own key stored in the WZC Service if it is running that is.

McAfee must trust this program for it to work like other Antivirus it sees it as the Artemis PUP




When you type a WPA-PSK key in Windows XP, the characters that you type are automatically converted into a new binary key that contains 32 bytes (64 Hexadecimal digits). This binary key cannot instantly be converted back to the original key that you typed, but you can still use it for connecting the wireless network exactly like the original key. In this case, WirelessKeyView displays this binary key in the Hex key column, but it doesn't display the original key that you typed.

For WEP keys, the key is also displayed in ASCII form. Be aware that this utility can only reveal the network keys stored by Windows operating system. It cannot recover network keys stored by any other third-party software. And will only work if the WZC service is running and contians the registry key.