Does antivirus software installed on windows protect my os?

i'm running both snow leopard and win 7 on my mac pro through parallel. i installed ms security essentials on my windows 7, and wonder if it also offers protection for my mac os. my common sense is telling me NO, but i really don't know how parallel works, so just wanna make sure. I also have Sophos installed for my OS, but recently a file named sophosavagent is eating up almost 100% CPU usage when i scan my OS. Does anyone have similar issues?
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