I am using Windows 10 along with a firewall program called “Free Firewall” by Evorim. I have an issue between this firewall and “GlassWire Elite v3.4.768.” The problem is that GlassWire sometimes works while the firewall is active, and at many other times it only works if I completely disable the firewall — even though I have (to the best of my knowledge) configured the firewall to allow all of GlassWire’s files and services. Despite this, the issue remains unresolved and has become quite frustrating for me.
I have searched online for solutions, but I’ve only come across conflicting user opinions. I tried all the suggested methods, yet none of them worked. Even when I asked ChatGPT, it began explaining features, settings, and options that do not exist in the program at all, as if it were describing a completely different application — so that was no help either.
Note: The issue is not related to any other software, nor does it occur with any other programs. It is also unrelated to any protection programs I use or any system settings, because as I mentioned earlier, GlassWire sometimes works perfectly while the firewall is active, and at other times it only works when the firewall is disabled. Therefore, the problem is clearly limited to the interaction between these two programs.
I have also disabled the built-in firewall feature inside GlassWire to avoid conflicts with Evorim Free Firewall, but this attempt did not resolve the issue either.
I kindly ask anyone who has a real and effective solution to this problem to share it with me.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I don’t have any direct experience of Evorim and I suspect there will be very few using it alongside GlassWire.
When it comes to firewall, GlassWire is a management front-end for the built-in Windows Firewall. Whilst I believe Evorim uses it’s own separate implementation. So even when you turn off the firewall feature in GlassWire, some default and remaining Windows Firewall rules may still be active.
Given the strange, sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t, behaviour you are seeing, this could be down to a race condition - so it depends which application starts first. You could try experimenting with making one of the apps have a delayed start (configure in Services), to see if that makes a difference.
When GlassWire doesn’t work what do you see? Does it give an error or does it just fail to monitor any traffic?
some years ago I used Evorim firewall but it causes to me more trouble than benefits, as far I remember. Furthermore the latest version (2.6.2.) setup file freefirewall-setup.exe is digitally signed on 12th September 2022 so it seems that its developer has now abandoned the project.
On the other end GlassWire Version 3.4.768 was released on January 13, 2025 as you can see from the changelog GlassWire Software Version Changes List so it’s recent software.
If the incompatibility with GlassWire is not resolved, perhaps it would be better to uninstall Evorim and possibly install a more recent firewall but you still have to proceed by trial and error to verify if it’s compatible with GlassWire. The choice is only yours, of course.
However, in general it is not advisable to use 2 firewalls at the same time. In my case, however, I have been using the Windows Firewall and a 3rd party firewall for several years. I never had a issue by using them together.
I wouldn’t use this Evorim firewall. Especially with some of their snake oil explanations.
Blocking telemetry isn’t really good. You’re stopping other programs from reporting bugs and crashes.
Blocking web trackers like cookies… any browser or adding uBlock Origin can fix that.
“WebSpeedup” is a total crock. As a webmaster of my own sites if I have a user showing me these issues or complaining the site looks bad, these kind of “speedups” are why. In reality, you’re saving a a few kilobytes at best. It’s not worth it because sites load content asynchronously.
Just like with antivirus, you should never run multiple firewall software. No matter how they try to say you can or it’s okay. Any developer with a bit of common sense can tell you that.
