Quote - What? a couple of heavies from microsoft came round and sat each side of your pc?  

Yes? No it didn’t happen like that did it? 
You down loaded it. 
You installed it. 
If you are unhappy with it. Then uninstall it and go back to IE6
dont be so Melodramatic  

Actually, I didn't download it. It was sent as system update to my pc and installed automatically. I didn't see a "do not install" option if there was one.

I usually only use Firefox and still do.