Cobaltic Protoporphyrin IX chloride (CoPP) is a potent heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) inducer with antiviral activity that inhibits influenza A virus (IAV) infection by inducing a type I IFN response. mTOR inhibitor-8 is a potent mTOR inhibitor and autophagy inducer with antiviral and antitumor activities.