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How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

Open the Nessus Web Client.
Log in to the Nessus client with the user that you created during installation.
Navigate to the settings screen by clicking on the Settings option on the home screen, which directly displays options under the About menu:

Manage the software update settings by navigating to the Software Update menu and select the frequency and the type of update you would prefer:

Set a master password by navigating to the Master Password section to encrypt all the Nessus repositories, ...

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