Verizon just told me my iMac  OSX 10.5.8 has an infection compromising my passwords etc. can I fix it

Verizon Just told me my iMAC OSX 10.5.8 has an infection that will cost $200 to fix. Can I get rid of it another way for less?

no I was putting in a new router and they diagnosed this remotely after sending 10 pings from google and getting a thread count

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