About

The About page shows an overview of Nessus licensing and plugin information. When you access the product settings, the About page appears. By default, Nessus shows the Overview tab, which contains information about your Nessus instance, as described in the Overview table.

On the Software Update tab, you can set your automatic software update preferences or manually update Nessus software.

On the Encryption Password tab, you can set an encryption password.

Basic users cannot view the Software Update or Encryption Password tabs. Standard users can only view the product version and basic information about the current plugin set.

To download logs, click the Download Logs button in the upper-right corner of the page. For more information, see Download Logs.

Overview

Value	Description
Nessus Professional and Nessus Expert
Version	The version of your Nessus instance.
Last Updated	The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed.
Expiration	The date on which your license age outs. Note: For Nessus Professional 8.5 and later, you cannot run scans or download new plugins after your license age outs. You can still access your system and scan reports for 30 days after expiration.
Plugin Set	The ID of the current plugin set.
Policy Template Version	The ID of the current version of the policy template set.
Activation Code	The activation code for your instance of Nessus.
Nessus Manager
Version	The version of your Nessus instance.
Licensed Hosts	The number of hosts you can scan, depending on your license.
Licensed Scanners	The number of scanners that you have licensed that are currently in use.
Licensed Agents	The number of agents that you have licensed that are currently in use.
Last Updated	The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed.
Expiration	The date on which your license age outs.
Plugin Set	The ID of the current plugin set.
Policy Template Version	The ID of the current version of the policy template set.
Activation Code	The activation code for your instance of Nessus.