Tenable Nessus

How to uninstall Tenable Nessus from your computer

This page is about Tenable Nessus for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Tenable, Inc.. More data about Tenable, Inc. can be read here. Click on http://www.tenable.com to get more information about Tenable Nessus on Tenable, Inc.'s website. Usually the Tenable Nessus application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling Tenable Nessus is MsiExec.exe /I{A8843103-959C-4818-A0B7-32686D7F422A}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 10.50 KB (10752 bytes) on disk and is named nessus-service.exe.

The executable files below are part of Tenable Nessus. They occupy an average of 15.23 MB (15970816 bytes) on disk.

• nasl.exe (4.99 MB)
• ndbg.exe (60.00 KB)
• nessus-service.exe (10.50 KB)
• nessuscli.exe (4.97 MB)
• nessusd.exe (5.21 MB)

The current web page applies to Tenable Nessus version 8.0.0.20153 only. Click on the links below for other Tenable Nessus versions:

• 8.8.0.20216
• 8.11.1.20243
• 8.2.3.20186
• 7.0.3.20111
• 8.3.1.20188
• 8.3.0.20187
• 7.1.2.20118
• 7.1.0.20115

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A way to erase Tenable Nessus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Tenable Nessus is a program offered by Tenable, Inc.. Frequently, people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to uninstall Tenable Nessus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Tenable Nessus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Tenable Nessus". If it is installed on your PC the Tenable Nessus program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Tenable Nessus in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Tenable Nessus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Tenable Nessus:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.tenable.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{A8843103-959C-4818-A0B7-32686D7F422A}

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


8. After removing Tenable Nessus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Tenable Nessus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Tenable Nessus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

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