In July 1998, they recorded two songs for a split CD with New York band The Manix (with members of The Devotchkas and The Casualties).
After the album was recorded, singer Mike Virus left the band and Paul took over vocals.
In June, the band left for a six-week US tour with The Casualties, Endless Struggle, Antidote and Funeral Dress.
A month later they went to Morecambe, England to play at the Holidays In The Sun festival alongside bands like The Exploited, The Partisans, Charged GBH, U.K. Subs, Resistance 77, Threats and Cock Sparrer.
Then the band played the HITS fest in Asbury Park, New Jersey in early September.
The band returned to California at the end of the year to play three concerts in Hollywood, Pomona and San Diego with the Riffs & The Voids.
Halfway through, Jarrod left the band and was replaced by, Black Jon, ex-drummer of Void Control and Blind Society.
In April the band traveled to Cleveland to record at Ryan Foltz's (Dropkick Murphy's) studio.
The Virus suffered a major van accident on the highway between Boise and Salt Lake City.
Black Jon continued touring and recording with Clit 45, Void Control, Guilty Faces and Bucket Flush.
The Virus then played two official reunion shows in Connecticut and Philadelphia in early August.
April 2014, The Virus toured the west coast with Bad Engrish (Denver) and Evacuate (San Diego).
Two one-off shows were booked on the way out to Tulsa with the band playing under the name “Full Circle”, which featured 4 of the 5 Virus members.
Several shows were booked for the end of March 2015 with Who Killed Spikey Jacket?, The Bad Engrish, and Ravagers.
The Virus was invited back to FYWROK in 2015 and a small Midwest tour was planned for mid-summer around the fest.
The band played their first show with the new lineup in Philadelphia in April, direct-supporting Peter and the Test-Tube Babies.
The band went into MDW Productions Studio in late April 2016 to start recording their new full-length, "System Failure".
In June 2016, The Virus headlined a Punk Rock Bowling club show in Asbury Park, NJ, with Pears as direct support.
In September, the band went to LA and played a sold-out show at The Observatory with Corrupted Youth, The P.I.N.s, and Tanzler.
The rest of the year held some more shows around the east coast and Midwest, playing Syracuse, NY with WKSJ?, and Chicago with The Casualties, among others.