I wonder if someone could help me decide what to with an old wallet.dat that contains a small amount.  The wallet was used with Bitcoin-QT a few years ago to receive donations and no spend transactions have ever been made from it.  I started the Bitcoin-QT a few days ago and it's over a year behind.  It took over a day to get from 1 Year & 16 Days to 1 Year and 9 Days.  Bitcoin-QT is also currently on 0.9.3 and I'm not sure if upgrading to the latest will want to download the whole blockchain again.

Can anyone suggest a good and safe alternative to waiting for the blockchain to catch up?  I'm also concerned that as the wallet is old, the PRNG may not have been random enough.  I believe there are ways for hackers to monitor this once you start to spent and steal any remaining funds.  I would prefer to remain in control of my own wallet rather than import private keys into a web service.

Thanks, J