diff --git a/definitions/patterns_re.txt b/definitions/patterns_re.txt
index 4155f9a..e5ac012 100644
--- a/definitions/patterns_re.txt
+++ b/definitions/patterns_re.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ chr\s*\(\s*['"]?\s*((95)|(0[Xx]5[Ff]))\s*['"]?\s*\)
 #Escaped path characters: \x2fho\x6de/\x69mp\x75ls\x69oq\x65/w\x77w. or \x2fhome\x2fimpu\x6csioq\x65/www\x2emusc
 (\\x[0-9abcdef]{2}[a-z0-9.-\/]{1,4}){4,}
 
-#Malware inffected files sometimes marked with comments like /*87cda*/ to avoid infect again
+#Malware infected files sometimes marked with comments like /*87cda*/ to avoid infect again
 \/\*[a-z0-9]{5}\*\/
 
 # XOR-ed strings with custom math