Virux

Carlos Fernando Guillen (born: ), better known online as Virux, is a Salvadoran social media influencer, entrepreneur and YouTuber. He first came into the spotlight after launching a personal YouTube channel called Virux, where he posts a variety of content from gaming videos to vlogs. 
He is best known for his Virux Plays channel, where he posts gaming videos for over 125,000 subscribers.
==Personal life==
Originally from El Salvador, Virux moved with his family to the United States in 2005. He lived in Los Angeles, California until 2016 and re-located in San Antonio, Texas. His father works in the TV and film industry and his mother is a photographer and illustrator. He has a younger sister who also creates content, known as Haddy. 
Since December 2020, he is also a father to his son Ezra with his fiancé Fatima.
==Before content==
Before Fernando began making YouTube videos, he was a skateboarder, film enthusiast and video-game lover. He had early plans on making skateboarding & Tech Deck films, but never had the chance to. 
The first video ever uploaded on his original channel Im Virux, was called "Fernando's Clone," which was an effect test on the video editing software, Final Cut Pro 6, where he meets a clone of himself on a skateboard. This was just a few months before he began his passion with creating content on YouTube.
==Career==
His YouTube career began in late 2009. After watching countless game collecting & technology videos by people like PeteDorr and David Di Franco, he decided to make a channel of his own. He proceeded to make gaming/technology videos, music parodies and comedy skits to share with his friends throughout all of 2010. 
Just a year later, he set foot into the gaming community with Call of Duty®: Black Ops. He made sniping montages and commentaries. He found what would pave the wave for his future content. In 2014, he officially launched his current channel Virux, where he has been making a variety of content, but mostly gaming content, ever since. 
On January 9, 2015 Virux founded the esports, gaming, lifestyle and entertainment organization known as Illuminate Entertainment. They've produced content within games including Call of Duty®, Fortnite, Destiny and more. He created the brand with the goal to show the world that gamers are more than what society makes them out to be.
In 2018, he took his career to the next level. He wanted more than just a hobby, and began producing the best content he could within the popular game title, "Fortnite." Ever since, he's worked and collaborated with YouTubers such as P2istheName, Ghoulz and TheMambaAtlas. 
In 2019, he launched his channel known as Virux Plays (formerly Virux LIVE) dedicated to streaming, which he later converted into his Fortnite-dedicated channel. Just over a year later, in 2020, he launched his family channel with his fiancé Fatima, known as Guillen Fam, in celebration of the birth of their son Ezra. 
He continues to produce real life and gaming content on YouTube, including popular games like Fortnite and Call of Duty®: Warzone. He also streams on his Twitch channel Virux.
==Trivia==
*Virux was part of a Hell's Kitchen Episode (S6:13) when he was young.
*Virux represented his country in the Tournament of Roses Parade 2013.
* He founded his own esports, lifestyle & entertainment organization called Illuminate Entertainment.
*He has managed esports organizations including eRa Eternity and Lucky7 Gaming.
==Gallery==
IMG 7723.jpg|Easter 2021
Thumb.png|Ezra Reveal, 2020
IMG 3812.jpg|circa 2019
New York 2018.jpg|Across the street from Radio City Music Hall in NYC, 2018
IMG 1723.jpg|Six Flags, Summer 2018
Lol.png|Winter 2017
MLG Anaheim 2017.jpg|MLG Anaheim 2017
IMG 6251.jpg|Los Angeles, CA, 2016
== References ==
#https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virux.html
#https://weilluminateall.com/about
#https://www.stropse.com/the-voices-of-faze-5-part-5
#https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12723908
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