Can you get a virus on your ipod?

This is for my Ipod touch 4g. Ok so i opened this email and it (was from someone i know) thinking that it was a harmless quiz or webpage. The email told me to click this link and nothing happened ( THIS HAPPENED IN MY IPOD). Then the next day my friend told that it was a virus and not to click it. When you click it, it sends the same virus to everyone in your contact list. I don't know if you can get a virus on your ipod though. Some people said yes and some people said no...Someone please help me a.s.a.p

Its only possible if that specific virus was initially designed to affect iPods. However most hackers would prefer to set spyware and malware to your computer instead, because it holds much more valuable information.. So saying that, it most likely isn't a virus.

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