Bootcamp and Viruses

[halfprep455]

I really want to put Windows XP im my iMac but im really worried that it will get viruses. If XP gets a virus, will it affect Mac OS? Also, I dont feel like going out and buying a copy of Norton Anti-Virus. So will AVG be good enough? Also, can I delete windows and get the drive space back for Mac OS w/o hurting Mac OS?

Sorry if these questions have been answered before.

[zblaxberg]

avg is definitely a reasonable antivirus however norton sucks. it screwed up my computer that had xp on it. if not avg i would use mcafee... i know that with bootcamp you can still get viruses. I think it won't effect the osx side but then again if a computer crashes from a virus on windows and can't be booted i wouldn't be surprised if you lose all of your mac data.