Nessus

A way to uninstall Nessus from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Nessus for Windows. It was created for Windows by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. You can find out more on Tenable Network Security, Inc. or check for application updates here. More information about the software Nessus can be seen at http://www.tenablesecurity.com. Nessus is commonly set up in the C:\Programmi\Tenable\Nessus folder, depending on the user's option. MsiExec.exe /I{B7E9816D-BC55-44A1-A7B4-A262E58D2485} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Nessus. The application's main executable file has a size of 694.50 KB (711168 bytes) on disk and is called nessussvrmanager.exe.

The following executables are installed along with Nessus. They take about 2.73 MB (2859008 bytes) on disk.

• nasl.exe (368.50 KB)
• nessus-adduser.exe (14.00 KB)
• nessus-admin.exe (11.00 KB)
• nessus-chpasswd.exe (13.50 KB)
• nessus-fetch.exe (444.50 KB)
• nessus-mkcert-client.exe (19.00 KB)
• nessus-mkcert.exe (14.50 KB)
• nessus-rmuser.exe (10.00 KB)
• nessus-service.exe (10.00 KB)
• nessus-update-plugins.exe (431.50 KB)
• nessus.exe (121.50 KB)
• nessuscmd.exe (35.50 KB)
• nessusd.exe (604.00 KB)
• nessussvrmanager.exe (694.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.2.1.9119 of Nessus. Click on the links below for other Nessus versions:

• 4.2.2.9129
• 4.4.1.15078
• 4.0.1.1021
• 4.0.2.1064

A way to erase Nessus from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Nessus is a program by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this program. This is hard because doing this manually takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK action to uninstall Nessus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Nessus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Nessus". The Nessus program will be found automatically. When you click Nessus in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Nessus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Nessus:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.tenablesecurity.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{B7E9816D-BC55-44A1-A7B4-A262E58D2485}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Nessus.


8. After uninstalling Nessus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Nessus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Nessus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Nessus in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.