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Di home SKU of Sophos. Intercept X and Sophos Central na di work products. Di window na Sophos UI.exe.

Wetin you need know

Sophos Home na di household SKU. Central na di work product.

Sophos Home dey install from home.sophos.com. Intercept X and Sophos Central na enterprise. Sophos UI.exe na di home window. Home plus live Defender na two-engine fight. HitmanPro na separate Sophos scanner.

Wetin e be?
Household Sophos, no be Central
Same tin as Intercept X?
No. Dat one na di work product
Plus Defender join?
No. One live engine
Feex tok say
If IT talk say make you install di Sophos sensor and you land on home.sophos.com, I go stop. Home na di household SKU. Central na di work console. I no go run Home live beside Defender too.

Wetin be Sophos Home?

Sophos Home na di consumer antivirus. Sophos UI.exe na di Windows window. Central and Intercept X na workplace products.

If you never use am before

If friend tell you say "install Sophos", ask weda dem mean Sophos Home or di work agent. Home na home.sophos.com. Intercept X and Sophos Central na wetin IT dey deploy. Sophos UI.exe na di home window. Home suppose take di antivirus slot. Home plus live Defender na two-engine fight. HitmanPro na different Sophos-owned scanner.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Home resident antivirus

Di Home agent dey register as di active engine so dat Defender fit go passive.

Home web console

You dey manage small family PCs from home.sophos.com. Dat one no be di company Central tenant wey IT dey use.

Premium extras

Home Premium dey add extras on top di same Home SKU. E still no be Intercept X.

Na who e dey for?

  • Households wey want Sophos without company tenant
  • People wey download Central sensor by mistake
  • Anybody with Sophos UI.exe beside live Defender

Current status

Dem dey actively offer am as Sophos Home. Dis article no be Sophos Intercept X or Central.

How old e be?

Sophos na old UK vendor. Sophos Home na di consumer SKU, no be di 1980s floppy product and no be Central. Current Home dey sit on top web console for your own PCs.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Sophos Home Free
Sophos Home Premium
Intercept X (work, other product)

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system Windows 10 or Windows 11, according to Sophos Home
RAM Sophos Home dey expect current Windows PC with few GB free. 4 GB na di comfortable class

Resource profile

CPU demand
Idle agent plus scans
Network demand
Home console and definitions

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
Sophos UI.exe Sophos Home desktop UI
SophosFileScanner.exe Home scanner on top many installs

Startup components

Sophos Home services dey start with Windows while Home dey manage protection.

File locations

Common Sophos Home locations
Typical install C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos UI\

Common wahala dem

Home agent on top work-managed PC

Central fit don already hold di machine. Adding Home dey stack two Sophos products plus maybe Defender.

Home plus live Defender

Home suppose take di slot. If MsMpEng.exe still dey scan, both engines dey live.

How to get unstuck

Confirm say di download come from home.sophos.com

Central installer from IT na different product. Di window and policies no go match Home help articles.

Check Windows Security for Sophos Home

E suppose name Sophos after successful Home register.

Use HitmanPro only as on-demand extra

HitmanPro no be second resident Home install.

Alternatives

Windows Security if you no want third-party home suite. Work PCs suppose follow IT Central agent, no be dis Home SKU.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download home.sophos.com/ Official installer or vendor page
Help support.sophos.com/ Vendor support
Official site home.sophos.com/ Start here, no be random exe host

Related hardware

Home scans dey follow di disk. Di web console no dey replace RAM on top di PC.

Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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