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Nessus Pro Install for windows

1 Setup (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus?loginAttempted=true)

2 Install nessus & open web ui (localhost:8834)

3 Select 4th option (managed scanner) and choose "tenable.sc"

4 After login and complete all the steps

5 Open https://localhost:8834#/

6 Open CMD ( Run As Administrator )

7 Stop Nessus Service - ( net stop "Tenable Nessus" )

8 After that search all location of this file "plugin_feed_info.inc"


file location :

C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc

if not

Copy the provided plugin_feed_info.inc

9 Right click on file name "plugin_feed_info.inc" > Properties > Security > Edit >
click on Users > Check on Write > Apply (Do Same On all the files)

10 Change content to this and save

PLUGIN_SET = "202210071240";
PLUGIN_FEED = "ProfessionalFeed (Direct)";
PLUGIN_FEED_TRANSPORT = "Tenable Network Security Lightning";

11 After save Right click on file name "plugin_feed_info.inc" > Properties >
Security > Edit > click on Users > Uncheck on Write > Apply (Do Same On all the
files)

12 Right Click on File name "plugin_feed_info.inc" > Properties > General > Check
on "Read Only" > Apply (Do Same On all the files)

13 Open CMD ( Run As Administrator )

14 Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\


plugins\*.*" )

15 Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\


plugin_feed_info.inc" )

16 Update Plugins ( "C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe" update "(Path


For your File)\all-2.0_202210071240.tar.gz" )

17 Go to C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus you will see there is


".plugin_feed_info.inc" > Right Click > Properties > General > Check on "Read
Only" > Apply

18 Open CMD ( Run As Administrator )


19 Copy File To Folder ( copy "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\
plugin_feed_info.inc" "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\" )

20 Change Files Attribute ( attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\


plugins\*.*" )

21 Change Files Attribute ( attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\


plugin_feed_info.inc" )

22 Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\


plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc" )

23 Start Nessus Service - ( net start "Tenable Nessus" )

24 Wait few 1-2 minutes

25 Open https://localhost:8834#/

26 Wait for Compiling plugins

27 Login

**** Boom You Have Now Nessus Pro ****

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LINUX

systemctl stop nessusd.service


rm -rf /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugins-code.db* 2&>/dev/null
rm -rf /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugins-desc.db* 2&>/dev/null
rm -rf /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugins-attributes.db 2&>/dev/null
rm -rf /opt/nessus/var/nessus/services* 2&>/dev/null
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update all-2.0_202210071240.tar.gz
sed -i 's/"HomeFeed (Non-commercial use only)"/"ProfessionalFeed (Direct)"/g'
/opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugin_feed_info.inc
sed -i 's/"HomeFeed (Non-commercial use only)"/"ProfessionalFeed (Direct)"/g'
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/plugin_feed_info.inc
systemctl start nessusd.service

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