Mouse clicks as soon as cursor stops moving

Hi -- maybe I'm being really stupid but just got a new MacBook Pro running OS 10.5.5; when I'm using the trackpad to move the mouse it goes all Windows on me and automatically clicks whenever I stop moving the cursor for a moment -- this is driving me crazy! I've tried to figure out how to stop it but haven't found it so far. Any solution would be greatly appreciated!

Been looking more into it -- seems like I have some kind of "dwell-click" operation happening -- is that standard on Mac OS 10.5.5? If not, anyone know how it got on my system and, more important, how to remove it? I have XP loaded as well that I run off BootCamp, but that couldn't be the cause, could it?
Honestly, this is driving me nuts -- it is as if the computer has a mind of its own. Please help!!

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