Virus or corrupted file on computer killing my ipods??

i have had 3 ipods die on me: 2 were 20gb and 1 was a 30gb. the first two died in the same way, basically a damaged hard drive made the songs go all wonky and then stopped working all together. the 30gb i had for 4 days before it died- the screen was on but completely blank and would not turn off, and when i brought it into the store they had to give me a new one.
my question is: could there be something on my computer that is killing ipods?? and if there is, how do i go about finding it? for the meantime, my new ipod is only charging through the wall adapter. my computer-savvy friends are convinced my computer is the culprit, while EVERY mac genius has told me that can't be the case.
any feedback would be helpful.

but how do i know it's the ipod hardware or something on my computer
Because if your computer is still working, chances are it is not going to kill the iPod.
Sounds like a run of bad luck on the iPods.

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