Originally Posted by Andy2:
“I'll be replacing my Blackberry Playbook soon, but I don't know which way to jump. I like the idea of a Windows tablet, but are they subject to the same virus attacks as Windows PC's? Likewise widows phones, are they at risk as well?”
Malware has to be Win32 applications which can't run on the phone, so the phone is reasonably safe. E.g. if playing games from known stores like Steam or Windows store or watching videos bought through the Movies & TV app, you are going to be pretty safe.
Modern Windows is pretty robust from a security point of view. If you are using as a tablet with the store apps, you are pretty safe.
The only real attack surface is through the browser. If you stick to trusted websites, block flash, don't install and run unknown applications, you are going to be alright.