diff --git a/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/__init__.py b/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/__init__.py
index 21e78f559..0c204bad4 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import re
 import typing
 
 from volatility.framework.interfaces import layers
-from volatility.framework.layers.scanners import wumanber
+from volatility.framework.layers.scanners import multiregexp
 
 
 class BytesScanner(layers.ScannerInterface):
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class MultiStringScanner(layers.ScannerInterface):
     def __init__(self, patterns: typing.List[bytes]) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self._check_type(patterns, list)
-        self._patterns = wumanber.WuManber()
+        self._patterns = multiregexp.MultiRegexp()
         for pattern in patterns:
             self._check_type(pattern, bytes)
             self._patterns.add_pattern(pattern)
diff --git a/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/multiregexp.py b/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/multiregexp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07206cae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/volatility/framework/layers/scanners/multiregexp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import re
+import typing
+
+
+class MultiRegexp(object):
+    """Algorithm for multi-string matching"""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._pattern_strings = []  # type: typing.List[bytes]
+        self._regex = re.compile(b'')
+
+    def add_pattern(self, pattern: bytes) -> None:
+        self._pattern_strings.append(pattern)
+
+    def preprocess(self) -> None:
+        self._regex = re.compile(b'|'.join(map(re.escape, self._pattern_strings)))
+
+    def search(self, haystack: bytes) \
+            -> typing.Generator[typing.Tuple[int, typing.Union[str, bytes]], None, None]:
+        if not isinstance(haystack, bytes):
+            raise TypeError("Search haystack must be a byte string")
+        for match in re.finditer(self._regex, haystack):
+            yield (match.start(0), match.group())