Is Paragon's "HFS+  for Windows" safe to use in Boot Camp Windows &/or Parallel 8 Windows?

Is Paragon's "HFS+ for WIndows" safe to use for read+write access to HFS+ drives when running Windows [8] via Boot Camp?
Drivers that came with Apple Boot Camp (or maybe Parallels [8]) enable "read-only" access to HFS+ formatted drives from Boot Camped Windows, but I want to be able to write to the drives, too.  I'm worrying about whether something in those Apple (or Parallels) drivers for Windows that makes that possible might also conflict with other software like "HFS+ for Windows," maybe even make a risk of corrupting the HFS+ disk (either external or even the OS X boot partition) so badly that everything on it becomes lost.
So I'm looking for people's experiences with using "HFS+ for Windows" with Parallels Desktop [8] for Mac.  Is it safe?
Thanks.

Thanks, Templeton.  Yes, within OS X using Parallels 8 the integration with the Windows Parallels virtual machine is great.  But once I leave the OS X / Parallels environment the folder sharing access disappears.  So when I Boot Camp to Windows I have no visibility into the OS X partition nor any external HFS+ drives.  (Except for a few specific activities that can only be done in OS X or are best in OS X, I spend almost all my time in Windows, so I usually wouldn't run OS X or Parallels to Windows.)
Thanks GeekBoy.  Paragon HFS sounds risky with Parallels.  I'll be eager for more feedback about risks of using that combo from whomever can offer it.

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