How to create Illustrator COM application Object in Invisible manner?

Hi,

I added CS6 COM reference in my VB.NET application and after that I have the following basic object creation in order to convert a eps file to svg. But for some reason when I create this COM object it is launching the Adobe Illustrator application. Why it is doing like this? It’s a simple COM object why it is interacting with Illustrator Editor?  Could you guide me how to take care this issue please?

Thanks

SG