What is Nessus?

Nessus is software application developed by Tenable Network Security, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.50% of installations running this operating system. Nessus's installer is typically 14.00 MB in size and installs around 23 files. The most common release is 4.4.1.15078 with 33.33% of all installations currently using this version.

Nessus is most popular in the United States with 54.48% of installations residing in this country.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • nessus-service.exe runs as a service named 'Tenable Nessus' (Tenable Nessus) "Tenable Nessus Network Security Scanner".

Software Details

URL:
https://www.tenablesecurity.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /I{736993F9-99FC-4890-AEAE-F3D631794C65}
Size:
14.00 MB
Language:
English

Nessus Executable Details

Primary executable:
libeay32.dll
Name:
Nessus
Path:
C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\libeay32.dll
MD5:
ed6bde7fd81e2a65524b0fa5788b1d08
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Nessus
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
ed6bde7fd81e2a65524b0fa5788b1d08
DLL
5538a2d9bc8b189296af421014bcf9fd
DLL
9b745a25a956a39081fceccf156df034
DLL
7a06b93a7d419f56436a19379377154b
DLL
6615b596bea4027b66ce39f9809fe87c
DLL
d30beeab72cb17f98f42b3cf70dfcb06
EXE
b38a4d28a95f076f6d7d87e0cc6e024a
EXE
0162e8dfef6813106a90fc8daa40957f
EXE
4d5cf4aeb6f88c879ec824254f64bb9d
EXE
dce5ed8b906c10d51047736a3dabc0e0