Loading/unloading movie/image in actionscript

Hi I'm trying to load an image on the fly in flash which is
no problem, but then when i need it to unload it doesn't and i get
an
*** Security Sandbox Violation ***
Connection to
file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/Latest%20Versions/High%20res% 20newsreader/
halted - not permitted from
http://MYSERVER/test/tfl.gif
-- Remote SWFs may not access local files.
Why does this happen? why would it load but not unload?
The load code is
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("box", 1);
_root.box.createEmptyMovieClip("pic_mc", 2);
_root.box.pic_mc._x = -40;
_root.box.pic_mc._y = 0;
_root.box.pic_mc.loadMovie( "
http://MYSERVER/test/tfl.gif"
and unload is
_root.box.pic_mc.unloadMovie();

it has to do with settings in the player. For security
reasons, you can only load data from within your domain. Local
domain is always 127.0.0.1 or localhost. don't use
http:// inside your call to loadMovie. Always
use the local method (relative path from the current flash file
i.e. /test/tfl.gif) and make sure that the images are local. By
using that
http://MYSERVER, flash thinks that the
domain for the current running movie is MYSERVER and not localhost
therefore, it will restrict all access to local files. Now, if you
put the flash file up on MYSERVER, chances are like wwscoper just
pointed out, it will work perfectly because localhost and MYSERVER
refer to the same masked IP.

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