ITunes 10.4.1 on Osx 10.6.8 starting spontaneously

For the last week or so, iTunes has been spontaneously starting.
I do NOT have any iTunes plugins, and don't have an CD's in the machine or any other devices connected to the iMac, I don't even have my iPod plugged into the iMac.
I see that this is a frequently reported problem, but have not found any solution. Why won't Apple address this problem or provide any guidance about what's causing it or how it might be fixed or prevented.
My only guess is that some web-site I've gone to is trying to play a sound file, and for some reason iTunes thinks that it should startup to play the sound. But I haven't been able to identify any web-site thats causing the problem, the only web sites that I usually have open when this happens are facebook and yahoo.
How do I determine which file types iTunes will try to open?

Did you accidentally turn that feature off in iTunes? Connect your iPad to your Mac and launch iTunes on your own. Select the iPad on the left side under the devices heading. Click on the Summary tab at the top of the iTunes Window on the right - actually that's the default so you should already be in that window. Make sure that you have a checkmark in the box next to Open iTunes when this iPad is connected.
If that feature is greyed out - go to the iTunes menu at the top - iTunes>Preferences>Devices and see if you checked - prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing atuomatically. If you uncheck that - the Open iTunes option should be available now for you to select. But now you will sync automatically again.

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