Sophos Endpoint Defence Service High CPU + Unable to update

Hi everyone,

I received a ticket from a user reporting a decrease in the performance of his PC. Checking in task manager I found out that the “Sophos Endpoint Defence Service” is constantly using about 20% of CPU.

Searching for troubleshooting I found out that the “Endpoint Agent” client has not updated in the last month and the button for manually update doesn’t work (the latest updates date back to 03/12/2024 and today that I’m writing this post is 08/01/2025).

After that I tried to uninstall the client witch Sophos Central (everything is working, I have access to the central, the password with this client is working and gave me admin access) but I can’t disable the Tamper Protection because I can’t select the “Override Sophos Central Policy for up to 4 hours to troubleshoot”.

On the central side, except for the “last Sophos Central activity” everything is installed and working fine.

What should I do? Are these two problematics related somehow?

Windows 10 Pro          19045

Core Agent                  2024.2.4.1.0

Sophos Intercept X      2024.2.4.1.0

 

Thank you in advance,

Giorgio

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  • Thank you for reaching out to the community forum.

    When you uninstall the endpoint, did you use the normal method, or did you use Sophos Zap to remove the software?
    Also, What is the current status of the endpoint? When you check its UI, are you seeing any alerts? Have you tried to manually input the TP password on the UI?

    Glenn ArchieSeñas (GlennSen)
    Global Community Support Engineer

    The New Home of Sophos Support Videos!  Visit Sophos Techvids
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  • Thank you for reaching out to the community forum.

    When you uninstall the endpoint, did you use the normal method, or did you use Sophos Zap to remove the software?
    Also, What is the current status of the endpoint? When you check its UI, are you seeing any alerts? Have you tried to manually input the TP password on the UI?

    Glenn ArchieSeñas (GlennSen)
    Global Community Support Engineer

    The New Home of Sophos Support Videos!  Visit Sophos Techvids
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