
If you cannot open your NESSUS file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message " How do you want to open this file?" or " Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. You need a suitable software like Nessus from Tenable to open a NESSUS file. Nessus version 4 software introduced version 2 of the NESSUS file format, which is backward compatible with the earlier versions of the software. Additional Information: The data in a NESSUS file is stored in an XML file format.NESSUS scans can also be imported as policies post which the configuration settings of the imported policy can be modified if needed. Once the NESSUS files are imported into the Nessus application, they can be used in seeing the scanned results, exporting fresh reports for the scan, renaming the scans, and updating the description.

With the help of NESSUS files, it is also possible to import the security scan results of home/office networks for review. Main Use: Nessus is a security software intended to protect the users against network vulnerabilities on Windows PCs.The software uses NESSUS files to store network security scan results.NESSUS file format is associated with the software of the same name, developed by Tenable. NESSUS files mostly belong to Nessus by Tenable.
