Tenable Nessus

A guide to uninstall Tenable Nessus from your PC

Tenable Nessus is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Tenable, Inc.. More data about Tenable, Inc. can be read here. You can get more details on Tenable Nessus at http://www.tenable.com. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling Tenable Nessus is MsiExec.exe /I{5090C178-8EEB-4790-B4B3-AFD3F2CD8530}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. nessus-service.exe is the Tenable Nessus's primary executable file and it takes about 10.50 KB (10752 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Tenable Nessus. They take an average of 15.39 MB (16135168 bytes) on disk.

• nasl.exe (5.04 MB)
• ndbg.exe (61.50 KB)
• nessus-service.exe (10.50 KB)
• nessuscli.exe (5.02 MB)
• nessusd.exe (5.25 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 8.3.0.20187 of Tenable Nessus. 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
• 8.0.0.20153
• 7.1.2.20118
• 7.1.0.20115

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

Tenable Nessus is a program released by the software company Tenable, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to erase 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Tenable Nessus or simply activate the Search field 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 , the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Tenable Nessus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about 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.tenable.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{5090C178-8EEB-4790-B4B3-AFD3F2CD8530}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Tenable Nessus.


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

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Tenable Nessus by Tenable, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Tenable Nessus by Tenable, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Tenable Nessus supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.