4 years ago I recommended AVG for Mac anti-virus, and I am renewing that recommendation today. AV-Test—the source I trust for anti-virus software evaluations—gives them a perfect rating (as they do with 75% of the tools they tested). Digging into the details, AVG has minimal impact on performance, and best of all has a free version.
Of the paid options, I'd recommend Norton first and then Bitdefender. They impact system performance the least. I can't recommend Avast anymore as they have been caught selling user data and are now under investigation for it.
To make things easier, I recommend going with the same brand for PC, especially since AVG is a solid option. It's performance isn’t great, so I don't blame you if you want to choose a different one that has less performance impact, like Norton, BitDefender, or BullGuard. But it doesn't look like any of the free options fall into that category.
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