dllhost.exe 32 com surrogate

I see numerous instances of the dllhost.exe 32 com surrogate service running in task manager. These instances are consuming a lot of memory and cpu to the point where my laptop is almost unusable. I've read articles where there is a conflict with IE 10 and certain drivers but I'm still running IE 9. I was wondering if anyone else has seen this. If so, how were you able to resolve the issue?

Also, I'm running Windows 7 Home Edition, 64 bit.