Nessus PRO Installation Guide with Latest Plugin Set

[NO CRACK NEEDED] [UPDATED 2024]

Instroduction

Let's bring back to good old Nessus Pro installation guide here! Some of you already know what I'm talking about but for others, let's go. Source : https://breachforums.cx

First of all, you need to download the official release of Nessus from Tenable website. I didn't try installing 10.x.x versions with this installation technique but as far as I know, it's the same and working but, for the sake of this guide, I'm also gonna share latest version I tried it with.

We can no longer download the 8.x.x version from Tenable website, I couldn't find it but I'm uploading the official one, no crack or anything, it's just an official installer, downloaded on 22.03.2024 by myself.

Download 10.x.x from here (Official Website)

First Steps (For Windows and Linux)

1. Proceed with the installation do this for Windows and Linux:
2. Go to https://127.0.0.1:8834
3. Select "Managed Scanner" > select "enable tenable.sk" > Set your creds at the next screen and done.
4. Download the latest Nessus Plugin set from here [03.22.2024] (it's an official plugin set by Tenable) (Official Website)

Second Steps For Windows

1. Install Nessus (with the above instructions) and Download Plugin set.
2. Stop Nessus Service - ( net stop "Tenable Nessus" )
3. Open CMD as "administrator".
4. Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins*.*" )
5. Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc" )
6. Update Plugins ( "C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe" update "C:\DIRECTORY OF THIS FILE\all-2.0.tar.gz" )
7. Create File plugin_feed_info.inc in C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\ and put this inside :

PLUGIN_SET = "202402121405"; // keep the same as the one you already have
PLUGIN_FEED = "ProfessionalFeed (Direct)";
PLUGIN_FEED_TRANSPORT = "Tenable Network Security Lightning";

8. Copy File To Folder ( copy "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc" "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus" )
9. Change Files Attribute ( attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins*.*" )
10. Change Files Attribute ( attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc" )
11. Change Files Attribute ( attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc" )
12. Start Nessus Service - ( net start "Tenable Nessus" )

Second Steps For Linux

1. After installation (guide above) stop nessus service > "sudo systemctl stop nessusd.service"
2. sudo /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update all-2.0.tar.gz
3. Create a file named "plugin_feed_info.inc" in "/opt/nessus/var/nessus/" and put this inside:

PLUGIN_SET = "202402121405"; // keep the same as the one you already have
PLUGIN_FEED = "ProfessionalFeed (Direct)";
PLUGIN_FEED_TRANSPORT = "Tenable Network Security Lightning";

4. sudo cp /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugin_feed_info.inc /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/plugin_feed_info.inc
5. sudo cp /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugin_feed_info.inc /opt/nessus/var/nessus/.plugin_feed_info.inc
6. sudo chattr +i /opt/nessus/var/nessus/plugin_feed_info.inc /opt/nessus/var/nessus/.plugin_feed_info.inc
7. sudo chattr +i -R /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins
8. sudo chattr -i /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/plugin_feed_info.inc
9. sudo chattr -i /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins
10. start the service > "sudo systemctl start nessusd.service"

Enjoy! :)

Pleae support the original sources that made me make this unique reddit post:
nessuscrack @github.com
tld @breachforums.cx