Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner

A guide to uninstall Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner from your system

This web page is about Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. You can find out more on Tenable Network Security, Inc. or check for application updates here. More details about Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner can be seen at https://support.tenable.com/support-center/. Usually the Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner application is found in the C:\Program Files\Tenable\PVS directory, depending on the user's option during install. Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner's complete uninstall command line is "C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{8273723F-4250-4890-AED9-36047043DBC7}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly. Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner's primary file takes about 4.24 MB (4447736 bytes) and is named pvs.exe.

The following executables are contained in Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner. They take 8.57 MB (8987368 bytes) on disk.

• pvs-proxy-make-cert.exe (1.30 MB)
• pvs-proxy-service.exe (750.52 KB)
• pvs-proxy.exe (1.43 MB)
• pvs.exe (4.24 MB)
• WinPcap_4_1_3.exe (893.68 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 4.2.0 of Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner. You can find below a few links to other Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner releases:

• 4.0.3
• 4.2.1
• 5.0.0
• 5.2.0

How to remove Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner is an application marketed by the software company Tenable Network Security, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall it. This is difficult because doing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY action to uninstall Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner or simply click the Search feature and type in "Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner". If it is installed on your PC the Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner application will be found very quickly. After you click Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner:

• The publisher is: https://support.tenable.com/support-center/
• The uninstall string is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{8273723F-4250-4890-AED9-36047043DBC7}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner.


8. After removing Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner by Tenable Network Security, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner by Tenable Network Security, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.