I am using bootcamp on windows 7 and in My Computer my Mac's HD shows up, is it vulnerable to viruses?

See above question.

Windows can read Mac partition content, but can not write on it or delete items.
So, a virus, worm, trojan, keylogger os spyware can capture content data from your mac partition, that's a security issue, but can not corrupt your Mac system, partition or files stored there. Same thing happens when u r on Mac and have a windows NTFS partition, Mac virus can read them, but can't corrupt/erase.
(ok mac fans, I know that last Mac virus issues was caused by Java and another third party vulneabilities)
Even hidding the partition letter on windows (or on a mac), an application can explore it built for that.

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If your Mac is off then start up. As soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the Option key until the Mac and Windows Disks show up. Then click on the Mac disk and the arrow below it. After it boots up in Mac then go to System Preferences>Startup Disk and select your Mac partition as the Startup disk.
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The Boot Camp Discussion Group is located here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

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Look under Boot Camp requirements by Mac model
Mac Pro
Mac model
Windows 8, 64-bit
Windows 7, 64-bit
Windows 7, 32-bit
Windows Vista, 64-bit
Windows Vista, 32-bit
Windows XP, 32-bit
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
BCA
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