Removing it is not an option.  When you remove it, QuickBooks no longer works.  Unrecoverable error after logging in, before anything loads.

When using QuickBooks I will end up with over 70 instances as a subprocess of QuickBooks.  Just opening QuickBooks will result in 7 instances.  Yes you can go through and end them 1 by 1 under task manager, but doing anything in QuickBooks opens up more.  This is very frustrating.