Bootcamp and anti-virus and is getting VMware or Parallel better?

I am starting research that requires me to download File Warden in Windows, so I loaded Windows onto my Mac by using bootcamp. Is this partitioned hard drive that is now I guess a mini-PC in my Mac require its own anti-virus programs and such?
Also, the research program that I will be using will analyze the data using Excel, so I guess I would also have to download Excel into Windows. However, if I just got VMware or Parallel, and ran the research program on my Mac, would that data be converted automatically to "Numbers" which I have on my computer? If I used VMware or Parallel would I still need anti-virus?
Apologies if these questions are obvious, I'm new to this.
Message was edited by: karym

Yes you need AV/anti-malware.
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
You need to buy and install Office though you might want to see if Office 2011 for Mac will do for your needs.
I would guess Numbers is not going to do more than import and may or may not be suitable.

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