Songs in itunes keep changing information.

It generally happens after I play them, they'll revert back to their original info. It tends to be MP3s downloaded from Vuze, but it is happening to a few AAC files too (including ones from CDs). I've tried converting ID3 tags but they keep changing back, tried changing the info in windows explorer but still seems to change back. There's one album that I've changed enough times that it has stayed the same, could it be a case of doing that (seems incredibly long winded. It's taken me long enough to get through half the tracks let alone think of doing them all several times over). If anyone could suggest anything that would be awesome, thanks.

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