Nessus

A guide to uninstall Nessus from your computer

Nessus is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Take a look here for more info on Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Click on http://www.tenablesecurity.com to get more info about Nessus on Tenable Network Security, Inc.'s website. Nessus is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Tenable\Nessus directory, depending on the user's decision. The entire uninstall command line for Nessus is MsiExec.exe /I{D79CC1A4-A6DC-460D-9F98-F9D423339B7C}. The program's main executable file occupies 695.50 KB (712192 bytes) on disk and is titled nessussvrmanager.exe.

The executables below are part of Nessus. They occupy an average of 2.73 MB (2861568 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 (445.00 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 (605.00 KB)
• nessussvrmanager.exe (695.50 KB)

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This info is about Nessus version 4.2.2.9129 alone. Click on the links below for other Nessus versions:

• 4.4.1.15078
• 4.0.1.1021
• 4.0.2.1064
• 4.2.1.9119

How to uninstall Nessus with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Nessus is a program released by the software company Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove this application. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE practice to remove 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Nessus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Nessus". The Nessus program will be found very quickly. After you select Nessus in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Nessus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Nessus:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.tenablesecurity.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{D79CC1A4-A6DC-460D-9F98-F9D423339B7C}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Nessus.


8. After uninstalling Nessus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Nessus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Nessus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Nessus in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.