Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating an infection by an enveloped virus in a patient in need thereof. The methods include administering to the patient a compound that inhibits or blocks release of the enveloped virus from an infected cell. As such, the disclosed methods include methods of inhibiting or blocking release of an enveloped virus from a cell. The disclosed methods may include administering to the patient a prazole-type compound having a substituted (pyridin-2-yl)methylsulfinyl-benzimidazole core.