diff --git a/modules/exploits/windows/postgres/postgres_payload.rb b/modules/exploits/windows/postgres/postgres_payload.rb
index e50ee68e67..9c45b54f09 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/windows/postgres/postgres_payload.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/windows/postgres/postgres_payload.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
 				# the stock Postgresql downloads are Visual C++ for 8.4 and 8.3, and GCC for mingw)
 				# Also, the method to write files to disk doesn't appear to work on 9.0, so
 				# tabling that version for now.
-				if result[:auth] =~ /PostgreSQL (8\.[234]).*(Visual C++|mingw|cygwin)/i 
+				if result[:auth] =~ /PostgreSQL (8\.[234]).*(Visual C\+\+|mingw|cygwin)/i 
 					return $1
 				else
 					print_status "Found #{result[:auth]}"