diff --git a/vnrhook/src/util/memdbg/memsearch.cc b/vnrhook/src/util/memdbg/memsearch.cc
index 3bfc12a..826348f 100644
--- a/vnrhook/src/util/memdbg/memsearch.cc
+++ b/vnrhook/src/util/memdbg/memsearch.cc
@@ -13,100 +13,20 @@ enum : BYTE { byte_int3 = 0xcc };
 enum : WORD { word_2int3 = 0xcccc };
 
 // jichi 4/19/2014: Return the integer that can mask the signature
+// Artikash 8/4/2018: change implementation
 DWORD sigMask(DWORD sig)
 {
-  __asm
-  {
-    xor ecx,ecx
-    mov eax,sig
-_mask:
-    shr eax,8
-    inc ecx
-    test eax,eax
-    jnz _mask
-    sub ecx,4
-    neg ecx
-    or eax,-1
-    shl ecx,3
-    shr eax,cl
-  }
+	DWORD count = 0;
+	while (sig)
+	{
+		sig >>= 8;
+		++count;
+	}
+	count -= 4;
+	count = -count;
+	return 0xffffffff >> (count << 3);
 }
 
-#if 0
-/**
- *  Search from stopAddress back to startAddress - range
- *  This function is not well debugged
- */
-DWORD reverseSearchPattern(DWORD base, DWORD base_length, LPCVOID search, DWORD search_length) // KMP
-{
-  __asm
-  {
-    mov eax,search_length
-alloc:
-    push 0
-    sub eax,1
-    jnz alloc
-
-    mov edi,search
-    mov edx,search_length
-    mov ecx,1
-    xor esi,esi
-build_table:
-    mov al,byte ptr [edi+esi]
-    cmp al,byte ptr [edi+ecx]
-    sete al
-    test esi,esi
-    jz pre
-    test al,al
-    jnz pre
-    mov esi,[esp+esi*4-4]
-    jmp build_table
-pre:
-    test al,al
-    jz write_table
-    inc esi
-write_table:
-    mov [esp+ecx*4],esi
-
-    inc ecx
-    cmp ecx,edx
-    jb build_table
-
-    mov esi,base
-    xor edx,edx
-    mov ecx,edx
-matcher:
-    mov al,byte ptr [edi+ecx]
-    cmp al,byte ptr [esi-edx] // jichi 6/1/2014: The only place that is modified
-    sete al
-    test ecx,ecx
-    jz match
-    test al,al
-    jnz match
-    mov ecx, [esp+ecx*4-4]
-    jmp matcher
-match:
-    test al,al
-    jz pre2
-    inc ecx
-    cmp ecx,search_length
-    je finish
-pre2:
-    inc edx
-    cmp edx,base_length // search_length
-    jb matcher
-    mov edx,search_length
-    dec edx
-finish:
-    mov ecx,search_length
-    sub edx,ecx
-    lea eax,[edx+1]
-    lea ecx,[ecx*4]
-    add esp,ecx
-  }
-}
-#endif // 0
-
 // Modified from ITH findCallOrJmpAbs
 // Example call:
 // 00449063  |. ff15 5cf05300  call dword ptr ds:[<&gdi32.getglyphoutli>; \GetGlyphOutlineA
diff --git a/vnrhook/src/util/util.cc b/vnrhook/src/util/util.cc
index 3babc7b..3c8c2de 100644
--- a/vnrhook/src/util/util.cc
+++ b/vnrhook/src/util/util.cc
@@ -9,23 +9,18 @@
 namespace { // unnamed
 
 // jichi 4/19/2014: Return the integer that can mask the signature
+// Artikash 8/4/2018: change implementation
 DWORD SigMask(DWORD sig)
 {
-  __asm
-  {
-    xor ecx,ecx //ecx = 0
-    mov eax,sig //eax = sig
-_mask:
-    shr eax,8 // eax >>= 8
-    inc ecx //++ecx
-    test eax,eax // if (eax > 0)
-    jnz _mask //goto _mask
-    sub ecx,4 //ecx -= 4
-    neg ecx //ecx *= -1
-    or eax,-1
-    shl ecx,3
-    shr eax,cl
-  }
+	DWORD count = 0;
+	while (sig)
+	{
+		sig >>= 8;
+		++count;
+	}
+	count -= 4;
+	count = -count;
+	return 0xffffffff >> (count << 3);
 }
 
 } // namespace unnamed