ITunes 8.1 launching on its own repeatedly

I have yet to see anything recent on this, so I'm asking here.
Since upgrading to iTunes 8.1, I have noticed it will launch without provocation. I have set Podcasts to update Manually. I do not appear to have any iTunes clients running in the background. I have not attached any iPod or iPhone device to the Mac. It seems no matter what I do, iTunes will launch on its own. Feature? Bug?
Would two users running iTunes Helpers cause any problems? I just logged out a user account that had a second iTunes Helper running. I'm not sure if that will help.

I should note that a reboot cleared up the issue. It might have something to do with two instances of iTunes Helper running at the same time. Also, my wife and I have separate active logins on this iMac most of the time. I will try to recreate the problem, but for now, it's "fixed."

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