ITunes is CONSTANTLY opening itself

i cant do anythiing else. its open 5 times whilst writing this. I cant use my computer =(

Have same problem...
Occurred a few months back. Seems to be related with "hidserv". Kill service and problem goes away. Reinstalled itunes last time and problem went away for a few months. It is back again. Come home and itunes is open. Close it and it comes back a few minutes later. Try typing on keyboard in browser and it keeps popping open.
Had to kill hidserv to type in this message.
Not sure why reinstalling itunes fixed problem for about two months and now it is back.

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