What is the best HIPS out there ?

The best, that's debatable.
The best for myself, at least right now............
That would be DefenseWall alongside Malware Defender.

 

For me still, it is SSM!.....It keeps on keeping on!

 

I think it's time HIPS be upgraded in the polls starting with the next poll, covering all of 2009 or June-Dec 2009 like AVs & firewalls. Date-stamping the poll-threads gives us a better vision of changes.

 

I have to lean heavily in favor of EQSecure 4.0 Beta 3 and thanks to Alcyon's generous contributions to the rulesets for v3.41 which also work for 4 beta for me, this HIPS is (1) "Lite"
(2) Extremely Configurable (3) Flexible, you can export/import rules or entire system rules as a whole (4) Is a million-volt electronic curtain with it's monitoring abilities (5) Can double better then Windows own SRP (6) A very FUTURISTIC modernized alert details window you set the show for, or none at all. (7) A great script blocker ...........................THE LIST IS ENDLESS

 

Other...

1. LUA + SRP + DFTs + ARs

2. Properly configured Norwegian web browser

3. Properly configured web filter

4. Properly configured virtual container

5. Properly configured external router/firewall

6. Prudent web surfing and downloading

While I may now think I can dance merrily in the Internet carefree, I still exercise caution and always perform my dance....while on egg shells.