diff --git a/vnrhook/src/util/ithsys/ithsys.cc b/vnrhook/src/util/ithsys/ithsys.cc
index bc304f8..a1a7232 100644
--- a/vnrhook/src/util/ithsys/ithsys.cc
+++ b/vnrhook/src/util/ithsys/ithsys.cc
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ DWORD SearchPattern(DWORD base, DWORD base_length, LPCVOID search, DWORD search_
 {
 	// Artikash 7/14/2018: not sure, but I think this could throw read access violation if I dont subtract search_length
 	for (int i = 0; i < base_length - search_length; ++i)
-		if (memcmp((void*)(base + i), search, search_length) == 0)
-			return i;
+		for (int j = 0; j <= search_length; ++j)
+			if (j == search_length) return i; // not sure about this algorithm...
+			else if (*((BYTE*)base + i + j) != *((BYTE*)search + j) && *((BYTE*)search + j) != 0x11) break; // 0x11 = wildcard
+		//if (memcmp((void*)(base + i), search, search_length) == 0)
+			//return i;
 
 	return 0;
 }