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Utilizing Nessus

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I wanted to document my first time using Nessus. Nessus is a vulnerability scanner that is free to use. I figured I would write out instructions if anyone wanted to follow along and try it themselves.  First download Nessus by using the link Tenable Nessus Essentials Vulnerability Scanner | Tenable® this will send an email with an activation code. It also says download Nessus, you can click on this to being the download. Select version of Nessus that you want. I went with windows -86x64 because I’m running windows 10. Then click download. Read through the license agreement and click I agree to begin download. Next, click on your downloads and open file, InstallShield wizard will appear. Follow the prompts. It will go through license agreement again, read through the agreement and click I accept the terms in the license agreement and click next. It will show you the destination folder for Nessus. Click next, then click install. It will ask do you want to allow this app to make