Can I tell what program/process is opening safari?

Some program or process is opening Safari. It's not going to any pages in a window, it just opens and is on. I shut it down, and it comes back sometime later - I don't know the pattern though.
Any idea how I can track this down?
I'm on a 1 year old iMac 10.6.8

Look in the system logs for possible clues.
You could temporarily rename safari and hope that whoever launches it doesn't fail quietly, i.e., produces some kind of message or log.
Does this happen when you log in? If so check your account's login items or ~/Library/LaunchAgents (home directory LaunchAgents) for clues.
Does this happen if you log into another account?

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