The only missing thing i see here is blocking glaswire in firewall. Did you do that?
Since you have already found an working older version, i will leave this just in case for someone else who may need it.
If you are installing glasswire for the first time or doing a clean installation, run the software post installation, you will get free trial of 7 days. Using that, activate the firewall of glasswire and block the "Glasswire Something something" and then run the medicine. Don't worry, once the medicine is applied online or offline, it automatically restarts glasswire, so you don't have to worry about closing the app.
Installing in online or offline doesn't matter, but since this is a software that deals with online related, prefer installing with internet if possible. (If the medicine hasn't been changed ever since i have been using, then fret not, the medicine doesn't send any outbound connections) (The medicine this torrent should have is a small dialogue box that say "Activate Elite" Version)
Oh, yeah. Don't forget to exclude the folder in anti virus scan since quick scan may detect flase positive and end up screwing up the app.