Can't update links in footer

Hi,
I’m pretty new to WP and PHP, trying to help a friend out with his site. He’s using a bought template, and wants to change the links in the footer.
The problem is I can’t find these links anywhere in the code.
They’re not in footer.php, this is all that appears there:

<?php if (!defined(‘MW_THEME’)) die(‘No direct script access allowed’); ?>
<div id=”grid-divider-bottom” class=”grid-divider”></div>
<!– Footer section –>
<div id=”footer-wrap”>
<div id=”footer-1″ class=”grid-wrap”>
</div>
<div id=”footer-2″>
<?php if ( mw_theme_option(‘footnotes_content’) != ” ): ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div><!– / #footer-wrap –>
<!– End of footer section –>
</div><!– / #page-wrap –>
<?php wp_footer(); ?>

I’ve checked in all the files that make sense to me, but can’t find these links. Removing the part in bold gets all the links to disappear which is okay I guess, since I can add my own. But I’d still like to understand how this works.

Thanks!