Is it possible for my ipod to harbor a virus?

I understand that it cannot actually get a virus itself, but when I decided to sync the ipod to my PC and finally update it (still at 4.2 :( ) , an icon appeared onto the taskbar saying dowload complete. I looked at it, it told me it was itunes but it was not published by apple. It described the download as a secure browser to go on certain websites or something like that... But anyways is it possible that my ipod transfered a virus to my computer.
I've also heard to factory reset it, but, I can't without plugging it back in.

Okay what you said about the permision part reminded me of accidentally clicking on an ad, and my blue notification screen came up (all notifications are off so it wasnt a message) and said something but since I was already tapping the screen to go somewhere else before the page loaded up, but because of that I hit one of its buttons and it went away without me reading it. Would it still prevent it from storing things onto my ipod?
Sorry I don't mean to sound stupid I'm just not tech savvy.

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