TokenFactoryIFrame

Anonymous
2022-05-02T21:26:46+00:00

Hello,

I am using outlook in a Safari browser on my Mac. Whenever I visit outlook "TokenFactoryIFrame" downloads every 5-10 seconds. I have not clicked on any of these as I do not know if it is malware or not.

Does anyone know what this is and how I can fix it?

* 2022-05-04: Seems this is still happening to a lot of people and there is no full solution yet.

Thank you

* * * Added by moderator on May 4, 2022.

A workaround posted by William Bennett (willbennett)") on Page 58.

Here's an article on it that was just written a short time ago:

How to stop Outlook’s TokenFactoryIframe downloads in Safari Issue affect users of the online Office apps. By Roman Loyola

https://www.macworld.com/article/697648/how-to-safari-outlook-tokenfactoryiframe-stop-downloads.html

Outlook | MacOS | Legacy Outlook for Mac | For education

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Anonymous
2022-05-05T22:09:47+00:00

Hi All,

Service Health Dashboard has indicated that issue EX375556 has been resolved as of: End time: Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 7:32 PM UTC.

User Impact: Users were repeatedly prompted to download "TokenFactoryIframe" when browsing Outlook on the web via Safari on Mac OS.

Final status: Our fix addressing the impacting property mismatch has successfully completed deployment. We've confirmed via service telemetry and through additional reports from some formerly affected users that impact is remediated for all users.

Scope of impact: This issue affected all users leveraging the Safari browser to access Outlook on the web.

Root cause: A recent update to our Office User Experience (UX) changed a parameter from “conditional” to “required” in order to sync client-side and service-side properties. However, the Outlook on the web service didn’t receive the same change as intended, resulting in a property mismatch and repeated "TokenFactoryIFrame" download prompts.

If you are still experiencing an issue, please let us know by starting a new thread as this may indicate either a scoping issue or an independent problem.

Best regards,

Shyamal

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Anonymous
2022-05-05T01:25:15+00:00

Hi All,

This issue was posted to the Service Health Dashboard (SHD) as incident EX375556, Start time: Monday, May 2, 2022, at 8:57 PM UTC.

User Impact: Users are repeatedly prompted to download "TokenFactoryIframe" when browsing Outlook on the web via Safari on Mac OS.

More info: Users report seeing the same download prompt when accessing office.com as well from the Safari browser.

Current status: The deployment of the fix has completed in the majority of the environments, and we've confirmed with some reporting users that the impact is remediated. We're continuing to monitor the progression of the fix as it finishes deploying to ensure the issue is resolved for all remaining environments.

Tenant administrators can view current information and updates on SHD at the link here https://portal.office.com/AdminPortal/Home#/servicehealth

For affected customers to easily identify the information here, this thread will be closed. We will update to the thread once the issue is resolved or you can obtain the most recent information from SHD.

Your patience and cooperation are highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Shyamal

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-03T18:53:00+00:00

    Can you show me how to do it and give me the link for that?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-03T18:50:14+00:00

    One of the respondents recommended going to Finder (blue/white face at bottom of screen) and doing a search for the file TokenFactoryIFrame and deleting this or putting it into the trash. This seems to have worked for me without having to shut off downloads which I use frequently. Just a note: if you have other open file folders, close them down so Finder will open a new window for your search. My guess is this is a bug in the new Mac software when dealing with the Microsoft interface. It does not appear to be a bug or malware as it does not self-launch and document is blank and is zero bytes. Hope this is helpful and works for others.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-03T18:48:03+00:00

    I'm getting the same thing today through safari on outlook...constantly downloading....tried running a malware clearing...didn't do anything.

    Is there a FIX for this? Just happening starting today May 3rd 2022

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