[1] Guitarist Duo Suharto Sherif and Asif Asgar Ranjan formed the band with Ishtiaq Ahmed Shovon on vocals and Ahsanur Rahman Himel on drums in 2001.

The band's early releases include singles like "আর্তনাদ (ARTONAD)" in the mixed album "আগন্তুক-২ (AGONTUK-2)", which earned them their first record deal with the label G-Series.

The album was released on their YouTube channel, and a double CD of both Montobyo Nishproyojon and Bishesh Droshtobbo was made available through pre-order home-delivery.

On 15 January 2015, Sufi along with Polash from Warfaze, Shakib from Cryptic Fate, Jamshed from Powersurge performed at the curtain closing show of Rockstrata, one of the pioneering heavy metal bands of Bangladesh.

Drummer Nafeez has previously played for Dethrow, Breach, Kronic, Elita Karim and Friends, and Jazzy Chopsticks.

Apart from that he had also taken full control over all the social media platforms deleting one EP OTOPOR, and one live album BISHESH DROSHTOBBO : SHORASHORI SHOMPROCHAR which was written and composed by the rest four members.

On 25 June 2023, Suharto received legal notice from the original members to refrain from performing under the name 'Arbovirus' and using the logo for any business purpose.

[10] Despite receiving the legal notice, Suharto continues to illegally perform and release songs under the name of Arbovirus, using the copyrighted logo.