Tenable Nessus

How to uninstall Tenable Nessus from your system

You can find below details on how to remove Tenable Nessus for Windows. It is written by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Open here for more information on Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Click on http://www.tenablesecurity.com to get more details about Tenable Nessus on Tenable Network Security, Inc.'s website. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Tenable Nessus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{9107CB02-0826-45D3-A0E6-5CABF4314994}. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is called nessus.exe and occupies 109.00 KB (111616 bytes).

Tenable Nessus contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.40 MB (2519040 bytes) on disk.

• nasl.exe (444.00 KB)
• nessus-adduser.exe (13.50 KB)
• nessus-admin.exe (10.00 KB)
• nessus-chpasswd.exe (12.50 KB)
• nessus-fetch.exe (514.50 KB)
• nessus-fix.exe (13.00 KB)
• nessus-mkcert-client.exe (19.00 KB)
• nessus-mkcert.exe (14.00 KB)
• nessus-rmuser.exe (9.50 KB)
• nessus-update-plugins.exe (510.50 KB)
• nessus.exe (109.00 KB)
• nessuscmd.exe (38.00 KB)
• nessusd.exe (752.50 KB)

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The current page applies to Tenable Nessus version 5.0.1.23111 alone. Click on the links below for other Tenable Nessus versions:

• 6.3.7.20026
• 6.5.3.20040
• 6.10.3.20088
• 6.2.1.20013
• 6.5.2.20039
• 6.9.3.20076
• 5.0.2.23205
• 6.6.1.20056
• 6.5.6.20049
• 6.3.5.20024
• 5.2.1.24021
• 6.4.3.20035
• 6.9.0.20070
• 6.2.0.20010
• 6.10.5.20090
• 6.3.4.20022
• 6.3.0.20015
• 6.10.0.20081
• 6.9.1.20071
• 6.3.3.20021
• 5.2.6.25116
• 5.0.0.23017
• 6.6.2.20057
• 6.8.1.20062
• 5.2.7.25122
• 6.5.5.20048
• 5.0.3.23221
• 6.7.0.20058
• 6.5.4.20044

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A way to remove Tenable Nessus from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Tenable Nessus is an application by the software company Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Some computer users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall Tenable 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Tenable Nessus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Tenable Nessus". If it exists on your system the Tenable Nessus program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Tenable Nessus in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Tenable Nessus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Tenable Nessus:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.tenablesecurity.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{9107CB02-0826-45D3-A0E6-5CABF4314994}

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


8. After removing Tenable Nessus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Tenable Nessus which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Tenable Nessus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure 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.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Tenable Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Tenable Nessus by Tenable Network Security, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Tenable Nessus supposing you want to. 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' computers.