MP3 importing as Quicktime Movies? Huh?

Knowing my luck, the answer to this question is elementary, and I'm a cosmic dork. But please be generous and bear with me.
When I download MP3s directly from a web page (ie, www.blahblah.com/blah.MP3), I save them to my desktop, then import them into iTunes. But why-oh-why does iTunes then transform the MP3 into a Quicktime Movie? I lose important ID3 information when this happens.
I'd obviously like to keep the music in MP3 format.
Is there a setting that I can modify/turn off? I've peeked at my Quicktime Pro and iTunes prefs, and can't find anything obvious to change.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Mac mini 1.25 Mac OS X (10.4.4) Running iTunes 6.0.2 & QuickTime Pro 7

Chris--
This started happening when iTunes got the ability to play videos. The easiest way to prevent this happening is to avoid saving the MP3 from the browser window when the QuickTime browser plugin is loaded. Instead, back up a page and control-click (or right click if you have a multi-button mouse) and choose "Download Linked File to Disk" from the pop-up menu.
The "Save as Source..." menu item in the QT browser saves the file with the wrong type and creator codes, fooling iTunes into thinking it's a movie file.
I've posted a more complete explanation, along with an AppleScript that can be used to change the type and creator codes for a few files at once, instead of one at a time.
charlie

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