ANTI-VIRUS SCAN !

do i have to scan my macos X and bootcamp windows both separately with antivirus or just scanning macbook pro's drive would do the work for me !

Scanning with a Mac anti-virus scanner really isn't going to do the trick for your Boot Camp system. You've got to have Windows anti-virus software installed. I've heard good things about Microsoft Security Essentials, but Windows security issues aren't my specialty, so I don't know how well that works.
Regarding the Mac, I would advise getting rid of McAfee. It's worthless for catching Mac malware. See the results of my anti-virus testing in January. Uninstall it, using the McAfee uninstaller found in the Applications folder. (If you don't see an uninstaller, let me know... there's an alternate, but ridiculous, uninstall method that used to be required at one point.)
As to whether anti-virus is needed in Mac OS X, see my Mac Malware Guide.

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