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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The simple fact is that if you want to keep using windows update (which I would strongly suggest you do), it would not be wise to get rid of IE (WU will not open in any other browser...lol) - but just in case you were interested, the program file (in windows XP) is \program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.
However, I use firefox as my main browser, but just keep IE on my drive as well - a good spyware removal regime will stop the pop-ups...
Rather than trying to uninstall IE which is an integral part of Windows, follow the advice given here to get rid of pop-ups.
I can understand that you now want to get rid of ie, but honestly, dont. Just never use it again.
As yorks says, you need it for windows update. However, just go into windows update, and switch on automatic update. I think you can set it to update quite regularily, meaning to dont need to do it manually.
However, just a note....mozilla isn't any 'safer' than internet explorer, its just the hackers, spyware creaters, virus creaters etc see it as their number one target as it is so widespread. As mozilla and firefox get more and more popular, they will eventually get more and more problems of this nature, as the virus/spyware creaters turn their attention to it.