Cheap Camera Won't Unmount!

For my daughter's sixth birthday we bought her an inexpensive digital camera to introduce her to the world of photography.
The instructions that came with the driver download noted that when connecting the camera to a computer running Mac OS X, one can downlod the photos as normal but it will not be recognized as a mounted disc on the desktop.
Evere since I downloading the first batch of photos, iPhoto goes into its "Ready to Import" phase each time it's launched (though it recognizes there are no items to import). When restarting, Image Capture launches immediately and looks for items to download (though it recognizes there are none there). When the camera is connected, Disk Utility shows no volume for it, so I can't even try to mount/unmount. Frustrating.
Any idea how I can "reset" this phantom volume?
B.

Try changing the preference in Image Capture so that
it does not automatically open iPhoto when you
connect the camera. Then, instead of using iPhoto to
download the pictures use Image Capture to download
the pictures to the desktop or some other folder and
then open iPhoto and import the pictures in to it.
That may solve the issue.
This is already my current setup.
Interestingly enough, though, I delved into the Preferences/Options of Image Capture and found the following in the Information window:
Device Module /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/MyDSC_905C.app
Device Type camera
Remote NO
The item listed as the Device Module is the driver for the Hello Kitty camera. I tried removing it from the Devices file in the System Library but "The item MyDSC_905C.app cannnot be moved to the Trash because it is open."
This leads me to believe the camera driver has hijacked my Image Capture and iPhoto download controls. Any suggestions on how I can rid my Mac of this thing?

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