I thought at first it was spyware or adware too, but while in safemode, I ran Norton Antivirus and found nothing.

It's not that often that open up that many IE browsers, but lately when I do research for a paper, I've found myself having over 10 instances of IE running. I probably should just be saving each site in my favorites instead of minimizing the window.

I think I'm just going to try and uninstall and see what happens.