Haven't used Kaspersky since it was 2012-2013 release... for the past year or so I have been on EAM + W7F. I recently decided to drop the AV and just keep the FW, lost the plot... From what I have heard, in Kaspersky you can go nuts with packet rules from the internet side of things. So I guess that is a bonus for Kaspersky. However, I was and still am pretty impressed with EAM. I used to do all my firewall mods in W7FwAS, till I got Windows Firewall Control. It made it a lot easier to muck around with inbound/outbound rules.
Scan speeds improved significantly in EAM v9. I think overall strain on my PC was reduced as well. I could even untick the memory optimization tickbox without feeling any dramas (mind you, having 16gb ram helps too). I would have loved to combine the AV and the FW together, like a real IS package, but EIS didn't tickle my fancy enough and I really can't be bothered learning another application just for the sake of giving myself a happy ending.
Anyone out there have an idea about how KIS handles HIPS?