swi_lspdiag.exe

by Sophos
Endpoint Security

Summary

Sophos Web Intelligence LSP Diagnostic tool. Diagnoses Layered Service Provider configuration for Sophos web filtering.

swi_lspdiag.exe is the 155th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 107,441 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence and it is most often launched by swi_service.exe.

155th
most commonly executed Windows program
107,441
observed executions
medium
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence100%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 2c1af689f023b7aa6f0ecc644415e3f414bf80940975b11b3f21164a7614988160.51%
  • b8bb7b2f14f9c6ccdd9d96dbc7d6453fcbfce37375e66abaf9bd0f0acd81209f17.41%
  • f5742a9125e39deaaa2f0ffdf46440f14bd7e8f33c1c94638d5b8ff54fa8b3af13.48%
  • 33e868442eb63d8395a93ed868e1d3b68559974d68a85d0a8105ff743b48cd697.32%
  • 0adcdc312e742514b16addcf0c3b26b9b1606bc21447a37d393a980d8f7fd3191.01%
  • f45319708abdec276515b5aebf39695ed138303b55af1b96c33d2de2e15d6ce50.26%
  • b88d53986e3ef2e08cf2cf7e9a543af0244b407aae767ac15419008d1a4bac5b<0.01%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

Security Analysis

What does swi_lspdiag.exe normally do?

Part of Sophos software.

When is swi_lspdiag.exe suspicious?

Running from unexpected paths.

How do attackers abuse swi_lspdiag.exe?

Not commonly abused.

Detection guidance

No specific detection needed.

False positive notes

Normal operation.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.