Address book opens and closes by itself

When I'm happily working away on my macbook pro, the address book will open automatically, for about 2 seconds, then close automatically. It usually opens my contact card, but occasionally others as well.
Is anyone else having this issue, and/or can someone explain why this is happening, or how to correct this annoying 'problem'?
I thought it might be a virus, so I purchased Intego VirusBarrier X4.
I'm running bootcamp with XP SP2 and McAffee antivirus.
The system is clean, at least according to both antiviral software.

You probably have a piece of software such as a Dashboard widget, or a plug-in, or a system utility, or something like that, that requires Address Book to be running for whatever it does.

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