# Sophos Home

Application: Sophos

Also called sophos home premium, sophos antivirus home

Sophos, Security

The home SKU of Sophos. Intercept X and Sophos Central are the work products. The window is Sophos UI.exe.

## What you need to know

Sophos Home is the household SKU. Central is the work product.

Sophos Home installs from home.sophos.com. Intercept X and Sophos Central are enterprise. Sophos UI.exe is the home window. Home plus live Defender is the two-engine fight. HitmanPro is a separate Sophos scanner.

- **What is it?**: Household Sophos, not Central

  **Same as Intercept X?**: No. That is the work product

  **Plus Defender?**: No. One live engine

Feex says

If IT said install the Sophos sensor and you landed on home.sophos.com, I would stop. Home is the household SKU. Central is the work console. I would also not run Home live next to Defender.

## What is Sophos Home?

Sophos Home is the consumer antivirus. Sophos UI.exe is the Windows window. Central and Intercept X are workplace products.

## If you have never used it

If a friend said "install Sophos", ask whether they meant Sophos Home or the work agent. Home is home.sophos.com. Intercept X and Sophos Central are what IT deploys. Sophos UI.exe is the home window. Home should take the antivirus slot. Home plus live Defender is the two-engine fight. HitmanPro is a different Sophos-owned scanner.

## What is it used for?

**Home resident antivirus**

The Home agent registers as the active engine so Defender can go passive.

**Home web console**

You manage a handful of family PCs from home.sophos.com. That is not the company Central tenant IT uses.

**Premium extras**

Home Premium adds extras on the same Home SKU. It is still not Intercept X.

## Who is it for?

- Households that want Sophos without a company tenant
- People who downloaded a Central sensor by mistake
- Anyone with Sophos UI.exe next to live Defender

## Current status

Actively offered as Sophos Home. This article is not Sophos Intercept X or Central.

## How old is it?

Sophos is an old UK vendor. Sophos Home is the consumer SKU, not the 1980s floppy product and not Central. Current Home sits on a web console for your own PCs.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers are not all verified here.

Sophos Home Free

Sophos Home Premium

Intercept X (work, other product)

## System requirements

Values follow the publisher's public guidance. Workload still changes the real need.

### Minimum

| Operating system | Windows 10 or Windows 11, per Sophos Home                                                  |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RAM              | Sophos Home expects a current Windows PC with a few GB free. 4 GB is the comfortable class |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: Idle agent plus scans

  **Network demand**: Home console and definitions

## Installed processes

These executables belong to this product when it is installed.

| Sophos UI.exe         | Sophos Home desktop UI        |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| SophosFileScanner.exe | Home scanner on many installs |

## Startup components

Sophos Home services start with Windows while Home owns protection.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos UI\\ |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------- |

## Common problems

### Home agent on a work-managed PC

Central can already own the machine. Adding Home stacks two Sophos products plus maybe Defender.

### Home plus live Defender

Home should take the slot. If MsMpEng.exe still scans, both engines are live.

## Getting unstuck

### Confirm the download came from home.sophos.com

A Central installer from IT is a different product. The window and policies will not match Home help articles.

### Check Windows Security for Sophos Home

It should name Sophos after a successful Home register.

### Use HitmanPro only as an on-demand extra

HitmanPro is not a second resident Home install.

## Alternatives

Windows Security if you do not want a third-party home suite. Work PCs should follow IT's Central agent, not this Home SKU.

## Official help and downloads

Start with the vendor. Random exe sites are not a support channel.

| Download      | [home.sophos.com/ ](https://home.sophos.com/)Official installer or vendor page |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Help          | [support.sophos.com/ ](https://support.sophos.com/)Vendor support              |
| Official site | [home.sophos.com/ ](https://home.sophos.com/)Start here, not a random exe host |

## Related hardware

Home scans follow the disk. The web console does not replace RAM on the PC.

## Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers change. This article does not pin a build.

## Related

These entities connect to this article. Type is shown on every link.

[HitmanPro: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/software/hitmanpro)[Windows Security: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/software/windows-security)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager)

## Sources and verification

Reviewed by Feex editorial. Last verified August 2026 Status: Feex Reviewed. [How we research](https://feex.it/wiki/research).

- [Sophos Home official site ](https://home.sophos.com/)· Vendor product page
- [Sophos Home help ](https://support.sophos.com/)· Vendor support
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on Windows PCs. Not a lab benchmark.

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- **Developer**: Sophos

  **Category**: Home antivirus

  **Process**: Sophos UI.exe

  **License**: Free Home and paid Home Premium

  **First released**: 1985

  **Official site**: [home.sophos.com](https://home.sophos.com/)

  **Mapped by Feex**: Seen on Windows PCs in Foxhole

Feex Reviewed: Last verified August 2026

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