Apache redicection to cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi. .htaccess empty

My problem is that I am trying to access my domain name, (up to a few months ago was showing a coming soon splash page) and I'm being redirected to cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi.

I've tried placing an index.html file in www directory to no unveil.

I've made some research which points to the .htaccess file, which is empty. Does a site still work if .htaccess is empty ? If not what do I do ?

I'd appreciate help on this.

Thanks in advance.