Does Windows make my iMac vulnerable?

[Spoiled]

If I use Boot Camp to install Windows on my iMac, does it make my machine as vulnerable to viruses as a regular PC running Windows?

 

[GGJstudios]

If I use Bootcamp to to install Windows on my iMac, does it make my machine as vulnerable to viruses as a PC?

Windows malware cannot run in Mac OS X. Unless you intentionally set it up to do so, your Windows installation in Boot Camp cannot access your OS X files/folders. You should run antivirus on the Windows side, of course, to protect the Windows environment.

 

[Spoiled]

Windows malware cannot run in Mac OS X. Unless you intentionally set it up to do so, your Windows installation in Boot Camp cannot access your OS X files/folders. You should run antivirus on the Windows side, of course, to protect the Windows environment.

Alright, so it makes the Windows environment on my machine vulnerable, but not the OS X environment. Got it! Thanks!

 

[EPiCDiNGO]

The windows bootcamp partition will be vulnerable to all virus's but the OS X side will not be changed if u get a virus on the windows side

[EDIT] 2 late to reply doh!