Miciarecordings Posted January 24, 2022 ID:1498884 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On Soundcloud many user music posts have a link offering the listener to purchase or stream the music outside of Soundcloud. The top level domain for this link is gate.sc For example:https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcome.micia-recordings.com%2Fzarathustra&token=7903cf-1-1643018607408 Malwarebytes reports this as a malicious phishing link! However this is a legitimate marketing tool that allows users to buy the music on another platform or enter an email address in return for a music download. Another example from another user's music post where their link takes the user to iTunes/Apple Music - a well known music purchasing platform:https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Ffr%2Falbum%2Fback-to-basics-g-house-radio-edit-radio-edit-single%2F1606633150%3Fl%3Den&token=4ad1b6-1-1643020826473 Or another on reverbnationhttps://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reverbnation.com%2Fline3%2Fsong%2F32704586-i-miss-those-days&token=55b7a8-1-1643020823196So it doesn't appear to be the destination that Malwarebytes has an issue with, rather it appears to be Soundcloud's gate.sc domain that is causing the issue, yet this is one of the ways artists use the platform to run legitimate businesses as it isn't possible to sell/buy music directly from Soudcloud! Thank you history 220122.txt MBytes 220122.txt FP1.txt 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Solution Dashke Posted January 24, 2022 Staff Solution ID:1498890 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thanks, the block will be removed. Wish you a great day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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