ITunes opening by itself

As the title says, iTunes keeps opening itself at random times, and it's getting really annoying, is there a way to set iTunes not to open unless I want to open it?

Possible causes of this issue include:
Dashboard alarm-clock widgets
Alarm-clock apps such as "Awaken"
Screen savers that play music
Logitech Media Server
An Apple Remote
External speakers or headphones with a next-track control
Connecting an iOS device with USB

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  • ITunes Opens Automatically - Please make it stop

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    Itunes keep opening by itself and it's getting pretty irritating at this point. I haven't purposefully gone into it in days, but it keeps popping up and starting to play music anyway. I quit it every time, but then, sooner or later, the same thing happens again.
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  • I need help!!!! My iTunes has gone wild Itunes 10.5.3 starts, skips,fast forward and open by itself randomly?

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  • Re: iTunes keeps opening by itself and starts playing music

    I have something really strange going on.
    My iTunes keeps opening by itself and starts playing music. I cannot figure this out. I turned off the "Sync Via Wireless" on all my gadgets, but this continues to happen. This has woken me up in the middle of the night until I got so tired of it I just shut my Mac down.
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    I had the same problem - and as well as opening by itself iTunes was skipping from track to track like crazy. But then I found a post from a few years ago that fixed this.
    Connect your iPhone to your iMac and uncheck the box that says 'Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected'. Problem solved!
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  • Itunes opens itself at will

    itunes opens itself at will

    Don't know the specifics of your issue, but I was having the same problem.  Just a zombie iTunes that would launch by itself every 15 min or so.  After research, found the issue to be the iTunesHelper ap, which launches at boot and is designed to launch iTunes whenever an iPhone or iPad is detected.  Must be a bug, but my Macbook swore it was seeing an iPhone or iPad.  I've also heard of similar issues with 3rd party keyboards, etc.  I believe the culprit was an iPhone emmulator for web design.
    Through Activity Monitor, I quit iTunesHelper and have had no problem since.
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    http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/10/ituneshelper-what-does-itunes-helper-do/

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