OpenVAS is a full-featured vulnerability scanner. Its capabilities include unauthenticated and authenticated testing, various high-level and low-level internet and industrial protocols, performance tuning for large-scale scans and a powerful internal programming language to implement any type of vulnerability test.

Here’s how to install OpenVAS

To use this tool, please use a method listed below

In a Linux (Debian OS), run the following command(s).

sudo apt -y install openvas

You can also download OpenVAS directly from the following link:

• github.com/greenbone/openvas

How to run OpenVAS

openvas-start

Reference(s):

• openvas.org
• blackmoreops.com