Why is adobe acrobat launching multiple instances on my computer with each using ~ 30% of cpu

Right now I have to cancell multiple processes every 30 minutes. My computer is running @ 100% constantly with the fan blowing. The system is a Core i7 laptop running windows 8.
i just killed 2 processes and another one popped right back up -- consuming 32% of my processor.

You'd better follow this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5329751#5329751
You're not alone in this case ;-)

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