Viruses and iPods

I'm new with iPods (yes I know it's sad). I'll be getting an iPod nano for my birthday next month and was wondering...can viruses from PCs get transferred to my iPod and ruin it? My dad has a Windows 98 PC (REALLY OLD!!) and he's got a bunch of pictures on there and he was hoping that I use my iPod to transfer all the pictures from his computer to mine and then print them. Is it safe to do so or should I just not connect my new iPod to that crummy old PC?? I think my dad's PC is corrupted with a virus but I'm not sure and I'm worried it'll transfer onto my iPod and ruin it completely. What should I do?
Thanks.
DELL   Windows XP  
DELL   Windows XP  

First of all, you can't use iTunes and therefore an ipod on a Windows 98 computer. As to your virus question, since the iPod and PC use different operating systems, a virus infecting a PC could not be transferred to an ipod. Although there are currently no iPod viruses, in theory one could be created. The file would have to sit on your PC and somehow be transferred into your ipod.

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