Logging on remotely to a Windows PC; anti-virus needed?

I have always been told that I don't need any anti-virus with a Mac; so I only have ClamXav (as recommended on this forum). However I am now working from home by remotely logging on to my work PC, via Java. The work PC is Windows, & I'm wondering if I do need anti-virus now... I can't quite get my head round how it works; but basically I log on via a web page, & I then get a replica of my workstation on my Mac; including my work Outlook e-mails; the company version of Word (which is different to mine); Windows IE etc. So everything I do from my work Outlook - e.g. opening Word doc's; going onto web pages etc - uses the Company applications - not the ones on my Mac. It is all accessed remotely though; so those applications are not actually installed physically on my Mac. Has anyone got any ideas / advice about anti-virus? I think - hope - my Company has a pretty good anti-virus system in place itself however, so I assume I would be protected by this?

If all you're doing is controlling another computer, no, nothing on the computer you're controlling is running on your Mac - all that's happening is that keboard and mouse commands are being sent to your Windows system and the video from your PC is being sent to your mac - so nothing will affect your Mac. Therefore no additional antivirus or other anti-malware software will be needed on the Mac.
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