diff --git a/src/helper_generic.py b/src/helper_generic.py
index a36c273e..9e2eb9ba 100644
--- a/src/helper_generic.py
+++ b/src/helper_generic.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def isHostInPrivateIPRange(host):
         if (ord(hostAddr[0]) & 0xfe) == 0xfc:
             return False
         pass
-    else:
+    elif ".onion" not in host:
         if host[:3] == '10.':
             return True
         if host[:4] == '172.':
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def isHostInPrivateIPRange(host):
                     return True
         if host[:8] == '192.168.':
             return True
+        # Multicast
+        if host[:3] >= 224 and host[:3] <= 239 and host[4] == '.':
+            return True
     return False
 
 def addDataPadding(data, desiredMsgLength = 12, paddingChar = '\x00'):