Nessus

A guide to uninstall Nessus from your PC

Nessus is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Take a look here where you can get more info on Tenable Network Security, Inc.. More details about the software Nessus can be seen at http://www.tenablesecurity.com. Usually the Nessus application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Tenable\Nessus folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Nessus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{736993F9-99FC-4890-AEAE-F3D631794C65}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. nessussvrmanager.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 732.50 KB (750080 bytes) on disk.

Nessus installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 2.94 MB (3081216 bytes) on disk.

• nasl.exe (408.50 KB)
• nessus-adduser.exe (14.50 KB)
• nessus-admin.exe (11.00 KB)
• nessus-chpasswd.exe (14.00 KB)
• nessus-fetch.exe (481.50 KB)
• nessus-mkcert-client.exe (19.00 KB)
• nessus-mkcert.exe (14.50 KB)
• nessus-rmuser.exe (9.50 KB)
• nessus-service.exe (10.00 KB)
• nessus-update-plugins.exe (469.00 KB)
• nessus.exe (128.50 KB)
• nessuscmd.exe (36.00 KB)
• nessusd.exe (660.50 KB)
• nessussvrmanager.exe (732.50 KB)

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This web page is about Nessus version 4.4.1.15078 alone. Click on the links below for other Nessus versions:

• 4.2.2.9129
• 4.0.1.1021
• 4.0.2.1064
• 4.2.1.9119

A way to remove Nessus with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Nessus is a program offered by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Some people try to remove it. This is efortful because doing this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY solution 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Nessus or simply click the Search field and type in "Nessus". If it exists on your system the Nessus app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Nessus in the list of applications, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Nessus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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{736993F9-99FC-4890-AEAE-F3D631794C65}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Nessus.


8. After uninstalling Nessus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Nessus which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Nessus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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 PC. 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.