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Anhar

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Hey,

Lately I have been getting a lot of notification and ads that tells me to download apps, or download itself. And honestly it's so annoying, but I don't seem to be able to get rid of this. However, when I tried looking for the source of that all, I discovered it's an app called com.system.patch. I tried to uninstall it but I couldn't as if it is part of the android system. I downloaded AVG antivirus and McAfee but none of them helped. I really want to remove that thing, as it's taking a part of my storage for nothing useful. So, If anybody knows how to remove that please tell me.
My device is LG G3 and I updated the android to lollipop couple days ago. And I haven't rooted my device.
Thanks a lot.
 
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I'm having the same problem. I tried to deactivate the app as a "Device Administrator" but my phone wouldn't allow me to. It would just flash and go back to the home screen which in return, still won't let me uninstall the app.
 
OK, This is the way I removed it.
1. install MyPhoneExplorer it's free and super cool app
2. sync you mobile with MyPhoneExplorer
3. go to Applications an search for com.system.patch and the click delete. and the phone would do the rest.
I works for me !! Freaking viruses ! ;)
 
El Presidente said:
Technically, it's not a virus and if people were careful with what they these sort of things wouldn't happen. ;)
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True, Technically, it's not a virus , but I had a lot of spam on my mobile becauseof these, I install com.system.patch Thinking It was a SYSTEM patch ... Shame on me i guess =) the good part , everything is ok Now
 
i had the same problem with my lg g3, i uninstalled the virus by installing Avast Mobile Security,when u open the app u should go to app management,then find the file,hold it down and click uninstall,it will request you to go to app administrations and from there u have to check it off the list,and then when u try to uninstall it it should work.
I think its safe to remove it,nothing happened to my phone
 
I have the same problem on my lg-ms770. I suddenly started getting notifications to install things (including com.system.patch) that I had not requested downloads of. It all starts with a black popup notification box, "Tip ... install & get free gift" Since I did not request it, I assume the gift is a virus, but only option is to say ok or back out, just to have it pop up again in a few minutes. Easiest immediate fix is to ok, then install with lookout or playstore, then when install box is up, cancel. Then run virus search on sd card ( that is where the apk goes) & clean it. this will stop until it downloads again... which tells me that something else is the problem.
 
... continued again ... forgot about this...2 more things... du speed booster has an apk manager that will get you to where the akp for this pest is located. you can clean it there as well... also, another apk that keeps downloading itself, which one of my virus apps identified as malware is cypay.
 
Wow!
Just like magic.
Have tried uninstalling this app for more than a month now. Was going to do a system reset but was afraid of losing other apps.
Thanks a million for the info.
 
hey guys. I had the same problem but I am just able to fix it. I ignored the com.android.patch for quite a long time so I don't really know which app brought me the virus. I tried to remove the com.android.patch in the "application manager" but all button are locked and didn't work. I then went to "Security" >> "Device administrators" and found that "com.android.patch" was ticked. I guess it allow the com.android.patch to give your phone so much ads. And i unpicked it. Then I found myself able to uninstall it in the "application manager".
Hope it could help you guys too!
Good luck.
 
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