The more clients a company has all over the world, the faster it can collect and analyze new threats. Without virus reports even the best analysts cannot set to work. That is why only the top two or three virus protection companies have survived in what was once a crowded industry.
當然，客戶越多、越遍及全球，就越能及早偵測蒐集到病毒的出沒而加以分析；沒有病毒來源，即使破解人員的功力高強，也無濟於事，這也說明了為什麼原來百花齊放的防毒軟體業，至今只存活下來頂尖的少數幾家。