SophosFileScanner.exe
Summary
Sophos File Scanner - on-demand and real-time file scanning component of Sophos Endpoint Protection.
SophosFileScanner.exe is the 265th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 46,253 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos File Scanner and it is most often launched by SophosFS.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos File Scanner100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 4349d10d47f3bd0f06559c337a864ef0137cc9ad1efc4ce39948b94af2608daf76.34%
- f9e361ed6bc9292693b130ea5db6bb2f1e49e282ca1c91d65efd78bc7a8afb1117.1%
- 6b5955c8fff91e9d3378f63d69e8956504589863c66de62c063a17a0c5b49f604.21%
- 0b8a362af39a108ba22a39ef116f1445551cf28807655b8810f5c45e3b19abb62.04%
- 0ac141faa103569bfd9fe75493d8470f6fc3822882385f7816caeead348fbd760.31%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- SophosFS.exe50.09%
- services.exe49.9%
- SAVAdminService.exe0.01%
- svchost.exe<0.01%
- FCHelper64.exe<0.01%
Top Parents
- SophosFS.exe50%
- SophosFileScanner.exe49.99%
- WSCClient.exe0.01%
- backgroundTaskHost.exe<0.01%
- FCHelper64.exe<0.01%
Top Children
- SophosFileScanner.exe99.98%
- cacls.exe<0.01%
- conhost.exe<0.01%
- MpCmdRun.exe<0.01%
- ssonsvr.exe<0.01%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does SophosFileScanner.exe normally do?
Scans files for malware as part of Sophos endpoint protection. High CPU during scheduled scans is normal.
When is SophosFileScanner.exe suspicious?
Not running when Sophos is expected to be installed.
False positive notes
Normal Sophos endpoint protection operation.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.