4.0.5 Thrashing the hard disc

I start Safari and leave it sitting on about:blank. Do nothing. A few minutes later it starts thrashing away at my hard disc doing who knows what?! Close Safari and the thrashing immediately stops.
Needless to say I'm not letting it complete whatever it thinks its doing - I've let it run for 10 minutes and still it keeps accessing my hard disc.
Anyone know what it's doing and more importantly, how to stop it?
Thanks,
Geoff

OK it appears it's the "Fraudulent Site" checker (a.k.a. "Google Safe Browsing Service"). Whenever this is enabled ('Preferences' -> 'Security' -> 'Fraudulent sites') Safari thrashes away at my hard disc. Disable this and restart Safari and it doesn't happen.

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