MASINOP Theme – Unable to edit footer, help!

Hi there,

I am currently using the Masinop theme. I am familiar with wordpress themes, and know how to edit templates etc, but for some reason this one does not seem to make sense to me, I have emailed the theme author and have not gotten a response so I thought I’ll ask for help here.

The theme came with already placed adsense block and his advert links in the header, I removed all of this, but cannot seem to edit the footer.

The footer does not only contain a huge banner which has nothing to do with me, it also contains adverts (links) to services. I don’t want any of this and went into the footer file to edit it but was confronted with code unlike any other footer file I have ever seen.. It looks like this:

<?php $Q28E49CAD1FFB2B82FB4D03500950A25D=”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”;eval(base64_decode($Q28E49CAD1FFB2B82FB4D03500950A25D));?>

Does anyone understand it?
How do I edit it, I don’t even know what it means!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

the theme: https://www.paddsolutions.com/wordpress-theme-masinop/