Viruses from sewage and wastewater may enter the water and soil environments, posing health risks to humans and animals. The knowledge of fates of viruses in various water and soil environments is the basis for developing safe effective methods for virus pollution control. A review is presented here of the researches so far accomplished on fates of viruses in waterbodies and soils, and materials that are capable of removing viruses from the systems and their efficiencies and mechanisms as well. The review also elaborates effects of air-water interface, autochthonous microbes and content and composition of soil organic matter on fate of viruses, and compares active carbon with materials rich in Fe- and Al-oxides in virus removing efficiency. The former is high in adsorbency, while the latter is lethal to viruses. At the end, the review discusses choices of media for virus removal and potential applications of the virus removing materials, and puts forth some suggestions for further study in this aspect based on the effects of composition of native soil microbes on fate of virus.