"LSGuide" in activity monitor. What is it?

My very new Macbook pro's battery life suddenly shortened dramatically. When I look in activity monitor, I see process name LsGuide with very large %CPU usage (70.0-99.0). RIght now it's appearing once on the list, but last night there were as many as eight different LsGuide processes, each with huge usage. Is this what's killing my battery and, if so, how do I fix it?

It looks to be (via Google) Lightspeed Guide (filtered web access). You may want to have a look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x83X-oaOQ6s
See if that's your issue. There are supposedly steps on how to remove it in the video. Also click on the "show more" button which displays:
Select Finder
Press Go
Scroll to Go to Folder
Type: /usr/local/bin
Delete: LsGuide.kext
Restart Computer
Enjoy unfiltered web access

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