Removable storage file path

Hello kumar raj 

AFAIK the path will be what the file path is at the time of detection, for example you have a thumb drive that was assigned to E:\, and Sophos detected a file there, the path will be something like E:\path\to\file.exe.

But not c:\\

Hello kumar raj 

C:\ is usually assigned to a local drive; Sophos should look at whatever drive letter Windows assigns when the removable storage is detected.

What are you seeing, that this has come up?

some times i see file path as \\path\example\example.exe what this indicate.

That syntax is normally for a network (UNC) path. This will happen if Real-time scanning is enabled for Remote files.

So you mean the file is not present in the machine?

Hello kumar raj 

Yes - the file is probably in some network share, hence the UNC path. "Remote Files" under Real-time scanning is likely enabled that is why the remote file was scanned when it was accessed.

Thank a lot for your help