There’s something else most consumers don’t want that is made in China, along with lead-tainted toys and poisoned toothpaste: malicious Web pages. Security firm Sophos has posted the findings of its August report on malware and found China far and away had the most compromised Web pages serving up malware. Problem is this stuff is a little harder to recall.

In examining 8 billion Web pages, China (including Hong Kong) came away as the single largest source of Web pages hosting some kind of malicious code, with 44.8 percent of the compromised machines found. The U.S. was second with 20.8 percent and Russia third with 11.3 percent. Made in China: Virus-Laden Web Pages