There is one Pokemon phenomenon that isn't proving popular and doesn't seem to be catching on. Anti-virus companies say it is the first virus aimed at children and it tries to exploit the fact that they tend to be less careful about security than their parents.
Experts say that so far the virus has done little damage.
Pikachu from Pokemon Theme have some friendly words to say. The virus seems to have done little damage because users get a warning when it tries to delete important files and asks them to approve the action. If a person contracting the virus uses the popular Microsoft Outlook program the program attempts to email itself to every person it finds in the address book. Sophos said it had been detected in Europe and Japan but no-one seems to have been caught out by it. What we are seeing here is another example of virus writers using psychology as well as technology.