December 22nd according to foreign media reports, in the recently published 2008 annual security report, Sophos, a famous British security company, stated that during 2008, the quantity of malware and malicious web pages from the United States has surpassed that of China's, ranking first in the world. In last year's corresponding report issued by Sophos, the quantity of malware and malicious web pages from China ranked first in the world in 2007.