Hackforums.com is a very childish forum to sign up on. Hackforums houses over 3,035,431 members. Has a thread line of 3,455,787 and post's of 49,739,031. They are the most skiddish forum on the web.
Hackforums.com is the number one most horrible forum to sign up on and I will explain why. The members there are 10-25 years old and they do not know anything about exploiting. They think binary tools is the way to go. If you want to learn about rats, viruses, I would strongly go with Team-Dx.Com, or Underground-Exploits.com. They have more tutorials based on Linux, and Windows combined. Hackforums.com primary focus is white hat security. But when you sign up you will see alot of trolls, people negative repping you for no reason as all. They think just because they have Uber status they are elite.
Another reason I wouldn't register is because there content is poor, it is mainly just kids asking how to hack this, and hack that. Instead of making an effort. Even the legit posts are stupid, because the post is just a repeat from another thread made from the web.
If I were you I'd stay away from this forum for experience. Do yourself a favor and register on team-dx.com, or underground-exploits.com.
Thank you for reading my Hack Forums review!